Lily of the Valley Spiritual Church v. Sims

After a hearing held pursuant to notice and petition for temporary relief, the trial court entered a permanent injunction in favor of plaintiff Lily of the Valley Spiritual Church (hereinafter Church) and its trustees and against defendant. Defendant appeals from the final injunctive order entered on December 4, 1986, and modified on February 27, 1987.

The Church is an Illinois corporation, organized as a religious corporation in 1937 pursuant to the provisions of “An Act concerning corporations” (Religious Corporation Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1937, ch. 32, par. 164 et seq.).

The founder of the…