Hughes v. Grossman

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, J.:

This is an injunction proceeding arising from a schism in a Baptist church. The plaintiffs appeal from a judgment in district court denying them injunctive relief.

The action was instituted by Clarence E. Hughes, Charles W. Simmons and William Osburn, as trustees of the Centropolis Baptist Church and divers persons, as plaintiffs, all claiming to be members of such church, an unincorporated religious association of the Baptist faith, sometimes known ,as the Centropolis Missionary Baptist Church and as the Missionary Baptist Church of…