State v. Baldwin
Supreme Court of Iowa
Certiorari to Van Buren Circuit Court. This is a proceeding in this court for a review upon certiorari of the action of the Nan Burén Circuit Court in imposing a fine for comtempt upon E. F. Baldwin, John Trout, James T. Jones, and Addison Kerr, trustees of a religious corporation called the “ Union Meeting House of the Methodist Church.”
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Certiorari to Van Buren Circuit Court. This is a proceeding in this court for a review upon certiorari of the action of the Nan Burén Circuit Court in imposing a fine for comtempt upon E. F. Baldwin, John Trout, James T. Jones, and Addison Kerr, trustees of a religious corporation called the “ Union Meeting House of the Methodist Church.” On the 17th day of June, 1880, a writ of certiorari issued from this court to the Hon. Robert Sloan, Judge of the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District, commanding him to certify to this court a transcript of all the records and evidence in…
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
On the 13th of June, 1878, there was duly filed for record articles of incorporation of the “ Union Meeting House of the Methodist Church.” These articles provide that the corporation shall consist of five trustees who shall be elected yearly by the quarterly conference of the church. The articles of incorporation contain the following provisions: “It shall be the duty of the board of trustees to admit all evangelical ministers of other churches, at any time the Methodists are not using the house themselves.”
On the 24th day of February, 1878, the trustees of the “Union Meeting House of the…
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