Legal Opinion
Brown v. Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided November 12, 1963No. 51177PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHays, J.
The basic question presented by this appeal concerns the jurisdiction of the civil courts over the question of membership and the right thereto in a church organization.
Mount Olive Baptist Church is an Iowa nonprofit corporation located at Sioux City, Iowa. The purpose thereof is to propagate the Christian Eeligion according to the faith of the Missionary Baptist Church. Eev. ¥m. Phillips was and is Pastor thereof. All other parties, plaintiffs and defendants, were on September 24, 1961, regular members in good standing in said church. On said date the plaintiffs were by a majority vote of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Watson v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Mt. Zion Baptist Church v. WhitmoreSupreme Court of Iowa · 1891
- Sale v. First Regular Baptist ChurchSupreme Court of Iowa · 1883
- Ragsdall v. Church of Christ in EldoraSupreme Court of Iowa · 1952
- Bethany Congregational Church v. MorseSupreme Court of Iowa · 1911
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Marks v. Estate of HartgerinkSupreme Court of Iowa · 1995
- Kliebenstein v. Iowa Conference of United Methodist ChurchSupreme Court of Iowa · 2003
- Third Missionary Baptist Church of Davenport v. GarrettSupreme Court of Iowa · 1968
- Konkel v. Metropolitan Baptist Church, Inc.Court of Appeals of Arizona · 1977
- Holmstrom v. SirSupreme Court of Iowa · 1999
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