FIRST ENGLISH L. CHURCH v. EVANGELICAL L. SYNOD, ETC.

No. 2670.

135 F.2d 701 (1943)

FIRST ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH OF OKLAHOMA CITY et al. v. EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNOD OF KANSAS AND ADJACENT STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 30, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. D. Lydick, of Oklahoma City, Okl., for appellants.

James E. Grigsby, of Oklahoma City, Okl., for appellee.

Before BRATTON, HUXMAN, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


BRATTON, Circuit Judge.

This is a church controversy. The Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Kansas and Adjacent States, an ecclesiastical corporate entity chartered and existing under and by virtue of the laws of Kansas, is an orthodox synod in the United Lutheran Church in America; and Midwest Synod is likewise an orthodox synod in the United Lutheran Church. The two synods overlap in some territory, the former having member churches in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri...

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