DAWKINS v. DAWKINS (40,956)

No. 40,956

183 Kan. 323 (1958)

328 P.2d 346

LaVERNE DAWKINS, Appellee, v. REYNOLDS DAWKINS; FIRST STATE BANK, and BODY OF CHRIST (GOSPEL TABERNACLE), Appellants.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed July 7, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Ziegelmeyer and Cyrus W. Long, both of Kansas City, argued the cause and were on the briefs for the appellant.

J.W. Mahoney, of Kansas City, argued the cause, and David W. Carson and John K. Dear, both of Kansas City, were with him on the briefs for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

JACKSON, J.:

This was a divorce case in the court below between the wife of a minister and her husband. We have the unusual situation in which the husband's church and a bank which holds a mortgage on certain church property became defendants in the divorce case. It is unusual, but not unheard of in our former cases for third parties to be involved in divorce cases. (Breidenthal v. Breidenthal,

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