Bennett v. Morgan
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 56 — Action foe an Injunction — APPEAL FROM GRAVES CIRCUIT COURT. JUGMENT FOR PLAINTIFFS AND DEFENDANTS APPEAL. This is an action instituted in the Graves circuit court by the appellees who claim to be members of the Bethel Church in Graves county, and that they have been appointed a committee to sue for the use and benefit of the congregation.
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Case 56 — Action foe an Injunction — APPEAL FROM GRAVES CIRCUIT COURT. JUGMENT FOR PLAINTIFFS AND DEFENDANTS APPEAL. This is an action instituted in the Graves circuit court by the appellees who claim to be members of the Bethel Church in Graves county, and that they have been appointed a committee to sue for the use and benefit of the congregation. They allege that said congregation is the owner of a certain lot and house of worship situated thereon, and that the defendants, although former members thereof, had been .excommunicated from the church, and that they were wrongfully trespassing…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
JUDGE DURELLE —
Affirming.
In 1824- a Primitive Baptist Church called “Bethel Church” was organized in Graves county, and there'seems to have been no trouble in the church until the events which led to the present litigation. In February, 1845, the church resolved to move, and build a meeting house upon land to be donated by L. B. Stark. 'The deed for the land recites that Stark, for the great love he has for the Baptist cause, conveys the land in question by warranty deed to three persons named as commissioners of the Bethel church, and their successors, holding. forth…
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