WERLING v. GRACE EVAN. LUTHERAN CHURCH OF RIVER FOREST

No. 85-546.

139 Ill. App.3d 496 (1985)

487 N.E.2d 990

WILBUR WERLING et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GRACE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF RIVER FOREST, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed December 18, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward T. Joyce and Richard S. Reizen, both of Chicago (Joyce & Kubasiak, of counsel), for appellants.

James A. Serritella, James A. Klenk, and Donald A. Vogelsang, all of Chicago (Reuben & Proctor, of counsel), for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, four members of the defendant Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church of River Forest appeal from an order of the trial court dismissing their complaint under the doctrine of res judicata. The case involves a dispute that originally arose between Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod, a Missouri Corporation and the second largest Lutheran church body in North America and...

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