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PRESBYTERY OF ELIJAH PARISH LOVEJOY v. JAEGGI

No. 65853.

682 S.W.2d 465 (1984)

PRESBYTERY OF ELIJAH PARISH LOVEJOY by its representatives, the commission members named below, and Cortley Burroughs, Tracy Houston, Manley Mace, William T. Hancock, Richard D. Shewmaker and Lorna Wagner, and Presbytery of Elijah Parish Lovejoy, Inc., a Missouri pro forma decree corporation, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Paul JAEGGI, Paul Barker, Harold Bowerman, Robert Canfield, Ben Carter, George Devlin, William Dick, Karl Dolde, Jim Hydar, Terry Jones, George Lanz, Robert Parks, Frank Rall, Dan Smith, Darold Strand, Arthur Tapy, and Memorial Presbyterian Church of St. Louis, a Missouri pro forma decree corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied January 15, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Belz, Mark Belz, St. Louis, W. Jack Williamson, Greenville, Ala., for defendants-appellants.

Richard D. Shewmaker, John B. Shewmaker, Clayton, for plaintiffs-respondents.

GEORGE M. FLANIGAN, Special Judge.

The principal adversaries in this church property dispute are plaintiff Presbytery of Elijah Parish Lovejoy, a presbytery of the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, ("UPCUSA" or "the national church"), and defendant Memorial Presbyterian Church of St. Louis, a Missouri pro forma decree corporation, ("Memorial" or "the local church"). At issue are their respective rights to property which prior to this action...

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