Dwenger v. Geary
Indiana Supreme Court
From the Tippecanoe Superior Court.
1Opinion of the CourtElliott, J.
The first paragraph of the complaint of the appellants avers that Joseph J. Dwenger is the bishop of the Roman Catholic Church for the diocese of Fort Wayne, Indiana; that Edwin P. Walters is the pastor of the congregation of the Roman Catholic Church known as St. Mary’s, of Lafayette, Indiana, and that the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of Bishop Dwenger embraces the city of Lafayette; that, according to the principles and polity of the Catholic Church, tlie title and control of all church property are in the bishop of the diocese in which the property is situated, and that he holds it in trust…
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