Carothers v. Moseley
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Clay county. Hon. J. Q. Robbins, Chancellor. Suit by J. E. Carothers et al. against T. M. Moseley et al. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. It is no answer, we submit, to our reliance on the decision of this court in Mt.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Clay county. Hon. J. Q. Robbins, Chancellor. Suit by J. E. Carothers et al. against T. M. Moseley et al. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. It is no answer, we submit, to our reliance on the decision of this court in Mt. Helm Baptist Church v. Jones, 79 Miss. 488, as conclusive in favor of appellants, to say, as counsel for appellee have said, that the church, whose property was involved in that case, was of the Congregational class, and that the church, whose property is involved…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
The questions here involved which grow out of the union of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A., have been passed upon by ten supreme courts, each of them rendering a lengthy and well-considered opinion thereon,.so that the discussion comes to us almost, if not fully, exhausted. In Landrith v. Hudgins, 121 Tenn. 556, 120 S. W. 783, and *676Boyles v. Roberts, 222 Mo. 613, 121 S. W. 805, the contention of appellants was upheld; and in the cases' of Mack v. Kime, 129 Ga. 1, 58 S. E. 184, 24 L. R. A. (N. S.) 675; Brown v. Clark, 102 Tex. 323, 116 S. W. 360, 24 L.…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Watson v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Brown v. ClarkTexas Supreme Court · 1909
- Mack v. KimeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
- Ramsey v. HicksIndiana Supreme Court · 1910
- Boyles v. RobertsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1909
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- Barkley v. HayesDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1913
- Duvall v. Synod of Kansas of Presbyterian Church in United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1915
- Helm v. ZarecorDistrict Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1913
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