Board of Church Extension v. Eads

I respectfully dissent to the holding of the majority in this case. Having carefully examined the majority writer’s footnotes and the opinion attached thereto, I find my objections to be rather comprehensive, going to both the substance and form of the opinion.

*962In matters of substance, the majority has reversed a trial court without any conclusion that its factual findings were clearly wrong, has impermissibly and unconstitutionally muddled the law as to the rights of churches, and has incredibly reached a decision on the merits of the case and then concluded that the litigant was disqualified…