Windham v. Ulmer
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Jasper county. Hon. Sam Whitman, Jr., Chancellor. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The court knows from the history of the church that the so-called “Land Markers” were unknown and unheard of in the history of that great Church until ten or twelve years ago. And that if the church in question was organized in 1891, that there was not at that time a “Land Mark” Baptist Church in existence.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Jasper county. Hon. Sam Whitman, Jr., Chancellor. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The court knows from the history of the church that the so-called “Land Markers” were unknown and unheard of in the history of that great Church until ten or twelve years ago. And that if the church in question was organized in 1891, that there was not at that time a “Land Mark” Baptist Church in existence. Therefore the departure from the old customs, practices, teachings and doctrines of the church must have been made by appellees and not by appellants…
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
There is a division in the Union Seminary Baptist Church, in Jasper county. Appellants and appellees are members of that church. Appellants, in order to prevent appellees from holding service in the church put new locks on the doors, and gave notice that a resolution had been passed by appellants denying to appellees the right to enter the church for public worship. Appel-' lees filed a bill praying for an injunction, and for a decree permitting them to use the church for religious worship. The writ was issued. Appellants filed a demurrer to the bill, which the chancellor overruled and…
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