Holm v. Holm
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Adams County. This action is to Restrain the defendants and their associates from withholding from the plaintiffs and their associates the use, occupation, and enjoyment of the church property described, on the theory that they are tenants in common.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Adams County. This action is to Restrain the defendants and their associates from withholding from the plaintiffs and their associates the use, occupation, and enjoyment of the church property described, on the theory that they are tenants in common. The issue being joined, and the trial had, the court found.in effect: 1. That July 27, 1853, the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Roche-a-Cree, Adams county, Wis., was organized as a voluntary association by and composed of the Norwegian settlers in and about the town of Strong’s Prairie in said county;…
1Opinion of the CourtOassoday, J.
The Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Roche-a-Cree has been unfortunate. Its first church building was destroyed by fire in 1865. Its second church building was destroyed by a tornado in 1872. But perhaps a greater misfortune than either has been the dissension among its members which has existed during the last eight years respecting the doctrine of election or pre*382destination, and, as a consequence, whether the church should or should not. withdraw from the synod. But this court has repeatedly disclaimed all right “to determine mere questions of faith, doctrine, or schism, not…
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