Presbytery of Huron v. Gordon

This action deals with the beneficial interest

in real property held by the “Murdock Memorial Presbyter an Church of Bancroft, South Dakota”, a religious corporation organized under the statutes of South Dakota. The controversy is the outgrowth of doctrinal differences which, led members of the “Presbyterian Church in the United; States of America” to withdraw from its fellowship and to form themselves into a church known as the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. For convenience we shall refer to these respective general church organizations as the “Presbyterian Church” and the “Orthodox Church.”

The…