Legal Opinion
Mattson v. Saastamoinen
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided July 9, 1926No. 25,287PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDibell, J.
This is an action to annul an amendment to the articles of incorporation of the defendant Independent Finnish Evangelical Luth eran Church of Duluth and to restrain its affiliation with the Suomi Synod. There were findings for the defendants and the plaintiffs appeal from the order denying their motion for a new trial.
The plaintiffs are members of the defendant church corporation and are opposed to affiliation with the Suomi Synod. The individual defendants are members of the defendant church and favor affiliation.
The church was incorporated in 1899. We quote as material to this controversy…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Watson v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Gewin v. Mt. Pilgrim Baptist ChurchSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- Hanna v. MalickMichigan Supreme Court · 1923
- Lindstrom v. TellSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
- Schradi v. DornfeldSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
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3Cited by10 opinions
- First English Lutheran Church v. Evangelical Lutheran SynodCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1943
- Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church v. FrommMichigan Supreme Court · 1962
- Rock Dell Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation v. MommsenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1928
- Blauert v. SchupmannSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1954
- Russian-Serbian Holy Trinity Orthodox Church v. KulikSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1938
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