Montgomery v. Snyder

McDowell, judge.

This suit originated by plaintiffs filing a petition in the Circuit Court of Laclede County, Missouri, as representatives of the majority 6f the membership of the First Freewill Baptist Church, of Lebanon, against defendants, constituting a minority membership of such church, to enjoin defendants from interfering with church property. The trial resulted in a judgment dissolving a temporary injunction granted plaintiffs and the dismissal of plaintiffs’ petition and in awarding a perpetual injunction on defendants’ counterclaim.

*284The petition, in substance, alleged that plaintiffs…