People Ex Rel. Stony Island Church of Christ v. Mannings

This is an interlocutory appeal by the Stony Island Church of Christ and its elders, John W. Davis and John Driver, from an order vacating an ex parte temporary restraining order and denying a petition for preliminary injunctive relief. Defendants Randolph Mannings, Jr., Jack Curtis, and Alfonso Woodward have cross-appealed.

The initial action was brought in quo warranto and for injunctive relief by the elders of the Stony Island Church of Christ (the church) against former officers of the church who were charged with seizing control of the religious and business affairs of the church without…