Berryman v. Reese

Judge Simpson

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This suit was instituted for the purpose of procuring a perpetual injunction against the plaintiffs in error, to prevent them from interfering with, or disturbing the members of the ‘’Baptist Church of Christ in Owen-ton,” in the exclusive use, possession and enjoyment, of a lot of ground and a house of worship erected thereon, belonging to, and in the possession of said Church.

The persons against whom the suit was brought had been excluded from the Church. As expelled members-they had no right to or interest in the property of the Church,…