Christian Church of Vacaville v. Crystal

The plaintiffs sued to quiet their alleged title to a certain parcel of land, together with a church building and a parsonage thereon, situated in the town of Vacaville. The defendants were given judgment and the plaintiffs have appealed.

For more than forty years before the commencement of the action there was in the town of Vacaville a congregation of the Christian Church, or Disciples of Christ, the two names being used synonymously. Three tenets of that church are material to the questions raised by the appeal and are as follows: 1. That immersion is the only authorized baptism; 2. That…