Marr v. Galbraith

This is a suit by the plaintiffs (who compose the Board of Trustees of the Missouri Conference of the Methodist Church), seeking to recover from the defendants, as trustees of the Walnut Grove Methodist Church and as individuals, the sum of $1200, which is the proceeds of a fire insurance policy carried by the defendants on the Walnut Grove Methodist Episcopal Church house, which was' destroyed by fire in July, 1936. Trial to the court, judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal.

For clarity we shall continue to refer to the parties as they were in the trial court, plaintiffs and…