Kuns v. Robertson
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Livingston county; the Hon. Thomas F. Tipton, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam :
As we view this record, the question of whether the old constitution of 1841 was or was not duly enacted and the valid organic law of the church of the United Brethren in Christ is not deemed necessarily essential to a decision of this case. While some doubt seems to have existed in the councils of the church as to the regularity of its adoption and binding force, and elaborate arguments have been presented upon the question by counsel on both sides, it must suffice to say, that though it be conceded to have been irregularly adopted as the fundamental law, yet it seems reasonably…
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