Fussell v. Hail
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bill for injunction. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Macon county; the Hon. William C. Johns, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the November term, 1906. Statement by tlie Court.
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Bill for injunction. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Macon county; the Hon. William C. Johns, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the November term, 1906. Statement by tlie Court. Joe H. Fussell, T. A. Havron, John W. Parker and others filed their hill for injunction in the Circuit Court of Macon county to restrain J. B. Hail and others, as commissioners to the general assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, from taking steps toward perfecting a union of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church with the Presbyterian Church of the United States of America. A demurrer was interposed to…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Ramsay
delivered the opinion of the court.
Whether or not the confession of faith of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the confession of faith of the Presbyterian Church of the United States of America as modified by its declaratory statement of 1903, are identical, or in substance the same, is a question solely for the ecclesiastical courts to determine. This court should not attempt to place any construction upon the meaning of the two confessions of faith, or either of them, or compare one with the other. The civil courts of America assume no right or power to…
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