Winebrenner v. Colder
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Common Pleas of Dauphin county. Sitting in Equity. This was a proceeding in equity founded on a bill filed April 11th 1859 by John Winebrenner, Isaac Stees, and others, members of the church incorporated under the name and title of the “ Church of God,” at Harrisburg, adhering to the religious principles and government of “The East Pennsylvania Eldership and General Eldership of the Church of God in North America,” for themselves and others who adhere to the…
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Appeal from the Common Pleas of Dauphin county. Sitting in Equity. This was a proceeding in equity founded on a bill filed April 11th 1859 by John Winebrenner, Isaac Stees, and others, members of the church incorporated under the name and title of the “ Church of God,” at Harrisburg, adhering to the religious principles and government of “The East Pennsylvania Eldership and General Eldership of the Church of God in North America,” for themselves and others who adhere to the standards, principles, doctrines, and discipline thereof, against James Colder, John Young, A. W. Barr, and others…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Lowrie, C. J.
Lest we should be supposed to approve the form of this bill, it is better for us to say, that if it were a simple statement of the essential facts of the case, instead of the evidence of those facts, it would not have needed one-fourth as much paper, and would have presented the case with much more clearness. This is a sufficient indication of a fault that ought to be avoided.
The case is a church quarrel in the denomination of Christians, calling themselves the Church of God, and usually called by others Winebrennerians. It arose by a…
2Cited by8 opinions
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- Henry v. BlackSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
- Gilbert v. ArnoldCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1869
- Nagle v. MillerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
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