People ex rel. Michajlowski v. Tanaschuk

This is a quo warranto action filed by the People of the State of Illinois on the relation of Philip Michajlowski against the defendant Tanasehuk to determine the defendant’s right to exercise the office of elder in the Holy Trinity’s Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of Chicago. This cause was heard before the court, who, after hearing the evidence offered by the plaintiff and by the defendant, entered an order dismissing the complaint, and judgment was entered thereon.

The plaintiff’s theory is that the defendant is wrongfully assuming the right to act as elder of the church…