Legal Opinion
Hopewell Baptist Church v. Craig
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided June 12, 1956PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWynne, J.
In this action the plaintiff is seeking an injunction to restrain the defendant from acting as its pastor. The complaint alleged that on April 26, 1954, the members of The Hopewell Baptist Church of Hartford voted to organize as an ecclesiastical corporation under chapter 257 of the General Statutes. It further alleged that the church corporation adopted by-laws for its government, that the board of trustees which was created under those by-laws voted on September 16, 1954, to terminate the services of the defendant as pastor of the church, and that the defendant insists upon continuing to…
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