Illinois Classis of the Reformed Church in the United States v. Holben
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the Circuit Court of Christian county; the Hon. Thomas M. Jett, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn
The Illinois Classis of the Reformed Church in the United States filed a bill in the circuit court of Christian county against the trustees of the First Presbyterian Church at Stonington and the trustees of the Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church to set aside the conveyance to the defendants of certain church property by the trustees of the Mt. Zion charge of the Reformed church, and has appealed from the decree which dismissed the bill for want of equity.
■ The bill averred that the complainant was an ecclesiastical corporation of the State of Illinois and the owner of the real estate in…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Christian Church of Sand Creek v. Church of Christ of Sand CreekIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
- Calkins v. CheneyIllinois Supreme Court · 1879
- Buhrnson v. StonerIllinois Supreme Court · 1916
3Cited by8 opinions
- Lowe v. First Presbyterian ChurchIllinois Supreme Court · 1974
- Glader v. SchwingeIllinois Supreme Court · 1929
- Doughty v. HerrIndiana Court of Appeals · 1933
- Lowe v. First Presbyterian ChurchAppellate Court of Illinois · 1972
- Lowe v. First Presbyterian ChurchIllinois Supreme Court · 1974
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