Lawson v. Kolbenson

This is a bill-in chancery for the equitable adjustment of the temporalities of a religious society. It was exhibited by plaintiffs in error, “as trustees of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church, of Chicago, in -their own right and in behalf of the persons hereinafter mentioned, whom, as trustees, they represent,” against ten individuals by name, nine of whom are described as trustees of the .same society, and one as the acting pastor thereof. The bill as originally filed, and as amended, goes upon the theory that a majority of the society have seceded from the church as originally…