Legal Opinion
First English Evangelical Lutheran Church v. Dysinger
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 23, 1932No. Docket No. 8063PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSturtevant, J.
From a judgment in favor of the defendants determining conflicting claims to the church property the plaintiffs have appealed.
The First English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Los Angeles, hereinafter called the church, was organized many years ago. In 1887 it was incorporated. In the following year it bought land and commenced to build thereon a church building and to furnish it. That is the property that is the subject of this action. It was stipulated that the property was paid for, in part, out of a donation received from the Board of Missions of the English Evangelical Church and in part…
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