Watson v. Avery
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 84 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. CITED— Tyler's Ecclesiastical Law, secs. 104, 841. 7 B. Mon., 481; Gibson vs. Armstrong. 6 Wright, 503; Sutter vs. Trustees Dutch R. Church. 18 Vert, 511; Smith vs. Nelson. 7 Hoisted; Den vs. Bolton. 4 Wheat., 603; Commonwealth vs. Green. 1 Buchanan's Ten Years Conflict, p. 427. Innis' Law of Creeds in Scotland. 5 Scotch Court of Session Rep., new series, p. 665. 3 B. Mon., 257; Shannon vs. Frost.
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CASE 84 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. CITED— Tyler's Ecclesiastical Law, secs. 104, 841. 7 B. Mon., 481; Gibson vs. Armstrong. 6 Wright, 503; Sutter vs. Trustees Dutch R. Church. 18 Vert, 511; Smith vs. Nelson. 7 Hoisted; Den vs. Bolton. 4 Wheat., 603; Commonwealth vs. Green. 1 Buchanan's Ten Years Conflict, p. 427. Innis' Law of Creeds in Scotland. 5 Scotch Court of Session Rep., new series, p. 665. 3 B. Mon., 257; Shannon vs. Frost. Cunningham's Church History of Scotland, pp. 480, 370, 439, 446. Hetherington's History of the Church of Scotland, pp. 51-2 and 81-3.…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE HARDIN
delivered the opinion op the court:
This is an unusually interesting controversy, whether considered with reference to the rights of property to be affected by its determination, or the fact that it involves important questions concerning the constitution and government of the Presbyterian Church in the United States.
In stating such facts as are deemed necessary to show the grounds of our decision, we shall omit the recital of many others to which the parties have given prominence in the record; because, however they1 may have illustrated the merits of certain disputes between the…
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