Busby v. First Christian Church

Plaintiff! was a member of, and held the position of auditor in, the First Christian Church, in the city of New Orleans. He made a general charge against the officers of the church, charging them with irregularities in its government and in the expenditure of its funds. Members of the board of trustees and the deacons and elders of the church, at meetings held by them, requested him to state specifically the irregularities, which he considered he had discovered, so that, if the irregularities existed, they could be corrected. However, the efforts of these officials proved fruitless, and, as a…