Walker Memorial Baptist Church, Inc. v. Saunders

This action was brought to enjoin the defendant V-Saunders from preaching in the plaintiff’s church, and to restrain him from exercising any other functions as minister thereof and to prevent the other named 'defendants from performing any corporate Xzbr official act in connection with the administration of plaintiff as a corporate body.

The plaintiff was incorporated under the Religious Corporations Law in 1916. The defendant Saunders has been its pastor since V1928. In the early part of 1939 said defendant, without authorization from the board of trustees of the plaintiff, began negotiations…