Kenesaw Free Baptist Church v. Lattimer
Nebraska Supreme Court
Appeal from the district court fo.r Adams county: 'William C. Dorsey, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtCornish, J.
Appeal by defendants from a decree quieting title in the plaintiff to certain church property held by them as trustees, and enjoining them from interference therewith.
In 1883, 1884, when funds were raised and the church building erected, the Freewill Baptist denomination at Kenesaw was an independent governing body, owing no obedience to any higher authority. Quarterly meetings, composed of delegates from two or more local churches, could admonish a church when, in its opinion, it became an alien to the faith and practices of the denomination. It could determine whether the church was worthy…
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