Mathis v. Holmes

It is indeed lamentable when those united in their devotion to God, discordantly attempt to sever their accustomed unity in the pursuit of religious worship.

A preliminary phase of the controversy which occasions this litigation came to my attention at the suit of the pastor.Skinner v. Holmes, 133 N.J. Eq. 593; 33 Atl. Rep. 2d819. Upon the dissolution of the preliminary restraint in that cause, these defendants promptly locked the entrances to the church edifice. The present cause is being prosecuted by certain members of the local society. Counsel were induced to abandon the argument of…