Feizel v. Trustees of the First German Society of the M. E. Church
Supreme Court of Kansas
Original Proceedings in Mandamus. Jacob Feizel filed in this court his duly verified petition) for a writ of mandamus, alleging, among other things, “that the said plaintiff is a minister of the gospel, a preacher of the M. E. Church, duly licensed and ordained as a deacon •and elder in said church by the proper church authority,, according to the rules and discipline of said church, and a member of the Southwest German Conference of said church; that Jacob Munzenmeyer,…
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Original Proceedings in Mandamus. Jacob Feizel filed in this court his duly verified petition) for a writ of mandamus, alleging, among other things, “that the said plaintiff is a minister of the gospel, a preacher of the M. E. Church, duly licensed and ordained as a deacon •and elder in said church by the proper church authority,, according to the rules and discipline of said church, and a member of the Southwest German Conference of said church; that Jacob Munzenmeyer, Frederick Janson, Andrew Hólzberlein, Matthias Ramman, and F. H. Weber constitute and. are the board of trustees of the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
This is an original proceeding in this court. Plaintiff, who is a minister of the gospel, a preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and who was properly appointed and designated by the regular church authorities to take charge as pastor of the First German Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Wyandotte City, for the year ■commencing September, 1871, applies to this court for a writ of mandamus to compel the defendants, who are the trustees of said society, to admit him to the dutie's and office ■of such pastor, and to occupy the…
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