Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Kansas v. First English Lutheran Church

VAUGHT, District Judge.

On March 6, 1942 the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Kansas and Adjacent States (hereinafter referred to as “the Kansas Synod”), a corporation, as plaintiff, filed its complaint in this cause against First English Lutheran Church of Oklahoma City (hereinafter referred to as “the City Church”), a corporation, Fred H. Bloch, as pastor pretendant of such church, and E. C. Doerr, J. H.' Winneberger, Albert Swanson, Stanley Homer, Walter Quick, A. E. Rosenthal, V. H. Smith, and S. C. Hoshour, as members of the Board of Deacons and Trustees, defendants.

The complaint alleges…