Cox v. Prewitt

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clarke

Reversing.

Prior to March. 28, 1916, a considerable number of people in Corbin, Kentucky, had associated themselves together for the worship of God, and had been conducting services as a religious society without any regular pastor, under the name of the “Church of God.” There is no proof of any formal organization, or of the election of any officers, or of any formal agreement or covenant of faith or discipline, but the parties thus associated and acting together recognized and accepted certain ones of their number as officers and were in substantial…