Simmons v. . Allison
Supreme Court of North Carolina
PetitioN by defendants to rehear case between same parties, decided at February Term, 1895, of the Supreme •Court, by a Per Guriam judgment, without written opinion, affirming the judgment rendered for the plaintiff by Graham, J., at March Term, 1895, of MeoKlenbukg 'Superior Court. The essential facts are stated in the opinion of Associate Justice Clare.
1Opinion of the Court
The essential facts are stated in the opinion of Associate JusticeClark. This is a petition to rehear a former decision of this Court in this case, which is a controversy between the trustees of a church, the plaintiffs complaining that they constitute the majority of the lawful trustees, the minority of the lawful trustees having illegally associated the other defendants with them. The defendants contend that they are the lawful trustees. Each board claims that its pastor should officiate.
Some confusion of ideas has been brought about on the (765) argument by an effort to treat this as an…
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