STONY ISLAND CHURCH OF CHRIST v. STEPHENS

No. 77-191.

369 N.E.2d 1313 (1977)

54 Ill. App.3d 662

12 Ill.Dec. 299

STONY ISLAND CHURCH OF CHRIST, an Illinois not-for-profit Corporation, Samuel Lee and Earnest N. Taylor, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. James D. STEPHENS and Myrtle Stephens, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Rehearing Denied December 12, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell, Hall, Jones & Black, P. C., Chicago, for defendants-appellants.

Ward P. Fisher, Chicago, for plaintiffs-appellees.


GOLDBERG, Presiding Justice:

This action was brought by the Stony Island Church of Christ (Church) and its elders, Samuel Lee and Earnest N. Taylor, to remove James D. Stephens and Myrtle Stephens, his wife, (defendants), from the Church premises and to restrain alleged interference with Church property.

After lengthy litigation, the parties agreed upon arbitration. Ultimately an election was held among the members of the congregation but the trial court set...

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