McHargue v. Feltner

STANLEY, Commissioner.

This is an action by a member of the First Christian Church of London, for himself and as a representative of other members, to enjoin what is alleged to be a diversion of the funds of the church by selling the parsonage and buying a lot and erecting another- thereon, and to cancel deeds already executed. The circuit court held the action of the trustees to have been authorized by the congregation.

As a voluntary association and independent religious society with a congregational form of government, the church is a self-governing democracy. The control of its property and…