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HOPEWELL BAPTIST CHURCH v. CRAIG

143 Conn. 593 (1956)

THE HOPEWELL BAPTIST CHURCH OF HARTFORD v. DAVID S. CRAIG

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided June 12, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob Schwolsky, with whom was Henry J. Goldberg, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Harry Cooper, with whom was Frederick J. Rundbaken, for the appellee (defendant).

INGLIS, C. J., BALDWIN, O'SULLIVAN, WYNNE and DALY, JS.

WYNNE, J.

In this action the plaintiff is seeking an injunction to restrain the defendant from acting as its pastor. The complaint alleged that on April 26, 1954, the members of The Hopewell Baptist Church of Hartford voted to organize as an ecclesiastical corporation under chapter 257 of the General Statutes. It further alleged that the church corporation adopted by-laws for its government, that the board of trustees which was created under those by-laws voted on...

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