Evenson v. Ellingson
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Dane County. The action is brought to have the plaintiffs, together with the defendants Ole Ellingson and Soren Anderson, declared to be the sole and lawful board of trustees of the Norwegian.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Dane County. The action is brought to have the plaintiffs, together with the defendants Ole Ellingson and Soren Anderson, declared to be the sole and lawful board of trustees of the Norwegian. Lutheran Congregation in the Counties of Dane and Jefferson, State of "Wisconsin; to have Ole Yatnebrun and Thorre Odegaard declared to be the lawful church-wardens of said corporation for its Eastern and "Western churches respectively; to have the defendants Bubey, 'Bovgerud, Jordalen, Olsen, and Tvedten enjoined and restrained from acting or attempting to act as…
1Opinion of the CourtORton, J.
In the year 1844 two Norwegian Lutheran churches were organized 'on the principles of a Christian church,— one of them by regular members of the Lutheran church and a congregation, settled and living in the east part of Dane and the western part of Jefferson counties, on East Koshkonong prairie, in convenient neighborhood with each other, and was called “the Norwegian Lutheran Church of the Counties of Dane and Jefferson,” and after-wards, in common parlance, “the Eastern Church.” The other one was organized by similar members and a congregation, settled and living wholly in Dane county, on…
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