Fulbright v. Higginbotham
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Polk Circuit Cowrt. — Hon. Argus Cox, Judge. (1) The court improperly admitted the minutes kept by plaintiffs, as there was a record kept by the proper officer. Bhehan v.Jns. Co., 53 Mo. App. 355; Lewinv. Dille, 17 Mo. 69; Ins.
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Appeal from Polk Circuit Cowrt. — Hon. Argus Cox, Judge. (1) The court improperly admitted the minutes kept by plaintiffs, as there was a record kept by the proper officer. Bhehan v.Jns. Co., 53 Mo. App. 355; Lewinv. Dille, 17 Mo. 69; Ins. Co. v. Loner gran, 21 Mo. 49; Carr v. Carr, 36 Mo. 411; Price v. Hunt, 59 Mo. 261; Olive v. Morgan, 28 S. W. Eep. 573. (2) The court improperly excluded the evidence offered by defendants as to the contents of the subscription, every reasonable effort having been made to find the subscription list. Strain v. Murphy, 49 Mo. 337; Wag-goner v. Alvord, 16 S. W.…
1Opinion of the CourtMacfarlane, J.
This suit is brought by plaintiffs as deacons and trustees of the Pleasant Hill Baptist church, in Polk county, to restrain the defendants, and those acting with them, from claiming and assuming to be such church, from using the church name, and from entering on or interfering with the property, books, and records of said church; and to adjudge that the church represented by plaintiffs is the true Pleasant Hill Baptist church, and is' entitled to hold, govern, and control the property, books, and papers and records thereof.
The petition charges in substance these facts: “That plaintiffs are…
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