St. Louis Union Trust Co. v. Oregon Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

JAMES ALGER FEE, District Judge.

An action at law was instituted in this court by plaintiffs as trustees of the holders of bonds executed by Wesley Hospital.1 Upon stipulation, a trial was held by the court without the intervention of a jury.

The Conference passed a resolution in 1924 referring to the need for a hospital in Coos Bay Region and appointing a Board of Hospitals and Homes, one of whose members was to investigate and make report to the bishop and the board, who were authorized to establish such an institution and to appoint a board of directors therefor subject to confirmation by…