State v. Cummins
Indiana Supreme Court
Prom Huntington Circuit Court; William D. Hamer„ Judge. Action by The State of Indiana, on the relation of J ames M. Hatfield, against J. Abijah Cummins and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
It is alleged that the relator was a member of the religious denomination known as the United Brethren in Christ Church, and of the local society thereof known as Huntington Mission Station, located at Huntington, Indiana; that he was unjustly and irregularly expelled from such membership by the local society for * ‘ disobedience to the order of the church;” that he duly appealed to the quarterly conference in pursuance of the laws of the church; that it is the law of said denomination that when such appeal is taken the same shall first be reviewed by a board of arbiters composed of five…
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