Ennix v. Owens

Opinion op the Court by

Commissioner Hobson

Reversing.

In the spring of 1917 L. M. Broyles, H. Ennix, John Bunch, J. H. Maples and several others concluded to organize a church at Harlan, Kentucky. They were members of the denomination known as the Church of God. Broyles was a minister and also a carpenter by trade. On the 9th day of July, 1917, they had a deed executed for a lot to Harrison Ennix, John Bunch and J. H. Maples, trustees of the Church of God of the Mountain Assembly. A little later they built a church on the lot and on August 16, 1917, the church was organized. Broyles continued…