Marich v. Kragulac

HOFFMAN, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from an action to determine the rights of plaintiffs-appellants Mir-ko Marich et al. and defendants-appellees Nicholas Kragulac et al. to possession and control of the property of the Serbian Orthodox Church-School Congregation of the Great Martyr St. George in East Chicago, Indiana (St. George). The trial court dismissed the suit, ruling that it lacked subject-matter jurisdiction under the free exercise of religion clause of the First Amendment.

To comprehend the contentions of the parties and the disposition of the cause by the court below it is…