Jackson v. Jones

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

The action is by Cornelius Jackson, Fanny Brown and Mary B. Andrews, as trustees of the Primitive Baptist Church of Johnson county, and by that church to recover from the defendants the property in which the plaintiffs and defendants had been worshipping as members of a church organization. Judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, and the defendants appeal.

The action was tried by a jury, which returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs and answered special questions as follows:

“1. Do the defendants-in this action constitute a…