North St. Louis Christian Church v. McGowan
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. I. By legislative interpretation, Wagn. Stat., 840, § 5, art. Till, is the only provision under which churches may be incorporated. (Const. Mo., 1820, art. 13, § 5 ; Const. Mo. I860, art. 1. § 12; Wagn. Stat., 339-40, ch. 37.) II.
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Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. I. By legislative interpretation, Wagn. Stat., 840, § 5, art. Till, is the only provision under which churches may be incorporated. (Const. Mo., 1820, art. 13, § 5 ; Const. Mo. I860, art. 1. § 12; Wagn. Stat., 339-40, ch. 37.) II. Under this section it is necessary first (1) for all the persons, making application for incorporation, to sign a petition asking for incorporation ; and, second (2), to present the same, together with a copy of their constitution or articles of association, to the circuit court of the proper county. (Wagn. Stat., 340, § 5.) 1.…
1Opinion of the CourtWagner, Judge
This was originally a suit by the plaintiff, as an incorporated church, against the Boatmen’s Saving Institution, to recover the sum of $3,742.70, deposited by Robert McGowan on the 14th of January, 1873, while he was treasurer of the church, prior to its incorporation on the 29th day of January, 1873.
A brief summary of the' pleadings will show the grounds on which the parties place their respective claims.
In the petition it is stated, that the plaintiff was organized as a church in 1863, and was known as the “North St. Louis Christian Church ;” that it had met regularly every Sunday for…
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