Graham v. Ransahous

Citations

• 20 Ohio C.C. Dec. 465
• 11 Ohio C.C. (n.s.) 145

Syllabus

<p>RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.</p> <p>Walters, Cherrington and Jones, JJ.</p> <p>1. GENERAL Conference of Free Baptists of the United States Present Organization.</p> <p>The General Conference of Free Baptists of the United States has been duly and legally organized and incorporated under the laws of the state of Maine and is the legal successor of the General Conference of the Free Will Baptist Connections of the United States.</p> <p>2. No Departure from Faith or Tenets of Prior Organization.</p> <p>There has been no substantial or material departure by said General Conference of Free Baptists of the United States from the faith and tenets of said General Conference of Free Will Baptist Connections of the United States, and there has never existed a schism in said General Conference of Free Will Baptist Connections of the United States nor in its said successor, The General Conference of Free Baptists of the United States.</p> <p>3. Change in Name of General Organization Duly Authorized.</p> <p>The said incorporation of the General Conference of Free Baptists of the United States and the change of name from that of the General Conference of Free Will Baptist Connections of the United States to said corporate name were duly and legally authorized by said General Conference of Free Will Baptist Connections of the United States and what is known as the new constitution and by-laws of said Free Baptist Church were duly and legally adopted by said General Conference of Free*Baptists of the United States.</p> <p>4. Judgment of Court having Jurisdiction Res Judicata of Controversies between Factions.</p> <p>Where one of two existing factions in a church society, or the trustees or representatives of said such faction obtains a judgment of a court having jurisdiction of the parties and subject-matter against the other faction, determining the rights and interests of said parties in and to the church property of such society such judgment if unreversed is res ad judicata as to al