Little Grove Church v. Todd

Appellees filed a complaint against certain defendants, individually and as trustees of a church at Little Grove, in Edgar county, to restrain them from assuming ownership, control and use of the church property. On hearing, an injunction was decreed as prayed. As the title to real estate is involved, the cause is here on direct appeal.

Appellees’ complaint alleges that on December 7, 1938, appellees Wright, Bell and Bales were duly elected trustees of the church, as successors to the trustees who had taken the church property for church purposes, by a deed from Palmer D. Elliott to them. It…