Bartlett v. Hipkins
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Garrett County, in Equity. This appeal was taken from the order of the lower Court overruling the motion to dissolve the injunction previously granted, and making said injunction permanent. The opinion of this Court, together with the separate opinion of Chief Judge Alvey, furnish a full statement of the case.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
The question in this case is an interesting one, and one too of more than ordinary importance. The plaintiff is a clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and the defendants are vestrymen of Saint Matthew’s parish, in Garrett County. After some correspondence between the plaintiff and the defendants, and the Bishop of the diocese, in regard to filling a vacancy then existing in the rectorship of the parish, the defendants on the 3d December, 1887, passed the following resolution: “That in consideration of the letter received from the Bishop, the Rev. F. S. Hipkins is hereby called to the…
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