First Regular Baptist Church v. Allison

Opinion by

Me Justice Simpson,

This controversy is over the control of the property of the First Regular Baptist Church of Indiana, Pennsylvania, hereinafter called the Indiana church. We have painstakingly read and carefully considered the 1041 pages of the record and supplemental record and the 210 pages of the briefs, and, despite the 90 assignments of error, find that the questions to be determined by us are relatively few in number, and not nearly so difficult as the quantity of printed matter would seem to imply.

Defendants, who are appellants here, contend that since a Baptist church is…