First Lutheran Church v. Rooks Creek Evangelical Lutheran Church

Mr. Chiee Justice Duncan

delivered the opinion of the court:

The circuit court of Livingston county sustained a demurrer to the bill, as amended, of the First Lutheran Church of Pontiac, appellant, to enjoin the Rooks Creek Evangelical Lutheran Church, appellee, from prosecuting an ejectment suit brought by appellee against appellant in that court to recover possession of certain real estate in Pontiac and dismissing the bill for want of equity. The First Lutheran Church of Pontiac has prosecuted this appeal.

The material allegations of the bill as amended are in substance the following: On…