Elkhart State Bank v. Schlarman

Elkhart State Bank of Elkhart, Illinois, a banking corporation, defendant in error (which will hereinafter be referred to either as the complainant or the bank), filed its bill in equity in the circuit court of Logan county against St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Congregation of Elkhart, Illinois, a religious corporation, and the five trustees of that corporation, namely, Joseph H. Schlarman, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria, Illinois; Gerald T. Bergan, Vicar General; Ralph J. Lane, parish priest; Patrick Bohan and Michael Danaher, and also named as a party defendant the Roman…