Sanders v. Baggerly
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Nevada Chancery Court; James D. Shaver, Chancellor; Ecclesiastical decisions are binding on the 'Courts so far as concerns ecclesiastical questions. 91 Tenn. 328; 92 Fed. 214; 106 Pac. 395; 129 Ga. 1; 154 111. 394; 58 111. 509; 23 111. 456; 13 Wall. 679; 2x8 111. 503. The local church is bound by the orders and judgments of the courts of the church. 102 Tex. 324. Union among churches is a perfectly legitimate part of their purpose and their freedom. 41 Pa. 9; 88…
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Appeal from Nevada Chancery Court; James D. Shaver, Chancellor; Ecclesiastical decisions are binding on the 'Courts so far as concerns ecclesiastical questions. 91 Tenn. 328; 92 Fed. 214; 106 Pac. 395; 129 Ga. 1; 154 111. 394; 58 111. 509; 23 111. 456; 13 Wall. 679; 2x8 111. 503. The local church is bound by the orders and judgments of the courts of the church. 102 Tex. 324. Union among churches is a perfectly legitimate part of their purpose and their freedom. 41 Pa. 9; 88 Pa. 60. The General Conference represents the sovereign power of the church. 16 How. 288; 90 S. W. 106; 17 la. 204; 21…
1Opinion of the Court
McCueeoch, iC. J.
This action, which was instituted in the chancery court of Nevada County, involves the question of title, control and use of certain real estate situated in that county at or near Artesian, which, in the year 1885, was conveyed by certain individual owners to a trustee as a site for a church house “to foe under the control, care and direction of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.” It is insisted on one side (that of the defendants) that the above-quoted language in the deed created a specific trust for the propagation and support of definite religious doctrines or…
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