Baptist Congregation v. Scannel

The facts sufficiently appear in the following opinion delivered

by Lowrie, J.

This is a motion for a preliminary injunction, founded upon a bill of complaint entered by the trustees of this religious society, alleging that they have been in a disorderly and unlawful manner excluded from the possession and management of the church property, and hindered in the performance of their duties by the defendants, who are, or claim to be, members of the said society and to be acting on its behalf. The object of the bill is to settle the right of the representative parties by a final decree, and the…