Clapp v. Krug

Opinion of the Court by

Commissioner Stanley

Affirming.

The First Baptist Church of Paducah has about 1,500 members, and has had many years of Christian usefulness. In addition to its usual domestic or local activities, the church maintains one or more missionaries in the home and foreign fields. Recently dissensions and strife have arisen among the members, and between the pastor and the board of deacons, save one. This condition has been intensified into one of fervid rancor and active strife, which is seemingly at variance with Christian precepts and practices. The result has been the…