The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-07-28
A COUNTER INJUNCTION

On Saturday last an Injunction suit wa
filed i'll the District Court for this parisl
| bearing the title of "Emile Buquoi ct al
Us. President and Board of Church Warden
of the Congregation of the Roman Catholic
| Church of Ascension" which attacks aut
denies the legal right of the defendants t.
hold, manage and administer the propert,
and telnporalities of the Catholics of thu
parish and asks for an order restraining
said defendants from continuing such adj
ministration or interfering with plaintiff!
and all the other Catholic inhabitants o:
Ascension in the free enjoyment Of thei1
privileges as Joint owners of the church
| property.
| The petitioners are Messrs. Emile Blu
| quot, Adeiard Landry, Leon Landry, Syl-
we're Landry, Samuel II. Landry, Ernest
Landry, Victorin Melancon, ST., Victorin
Melancon, Jr., Louis Melancon, Arthur
Melancon, Constant Melancon, Gustave
Melancon, Eloi Melancon, Ambrose Rou-
geau, Vileor E. Landry, Michael Feely, Jno.
NJ. Bourgeois, Paul Bouchereau, Armand
Richard, Jos. Boil, Pierre A. Braud, VIM
Parks, Numa Cure, Adam Leblanc, Camille
Leblanc, Paul Guedry, J. O. Del1ner, J. O.
Leblanc, William Smith, Gedeon Landry,
Manuel Hidalgo and Deosore Blanchard,
oil citizens of Ascension protesting the Ro-
man Catholic religion, and the salient allie
cations of their petition IRE substantially as
follows:
That, together with all the other Catholic
inhabitants of this parish, they IRE the true
and lawful joint owners Of the land adjoin-
ing the Poytavin plantation on the upper
side, together with the buildings and i'm
provements thereon, including church,
presbytery, academy, graveyard, ETC.; that
the property has been held by the Catholics
OF Ascension about century, peaceably
and uninterruptedly,a and its funds and rev.
enues employed to erect Catholic church
and other necessary edifces for the promo
ton OF Christian education, the Elaintc-
nance OF religious worship according to the
ia,
adjustment OF burial grounds, and other
charitable and religious acts. That to IA
cilitate the CO. proprietors in tho manage
ment and administration of their property,
the State Legislature, in 1917, constituted
body polite entitled '>The Congregation Of
the Roman Catholic Church of Ascension"
and extended, amended and revived its
charter from time to time, as necessity re-
quired, until 1856, when it was extended for
twenty five years. That in June, 1874, the
Church Wardens then in Office acting in
accordance with the unanimous wish of the
Catholics of the parish-there being no dis
sentient voice-abandoned their admins
tration and the revenues of the property to
the Right Rev. Archbishop of the diocese of
ditions. That since June, 1874, and up to
the 18th March, 1888, the ownors Of the
property continued to enjoy the free exer-
else of their franchises as members Of the
church and the Archbishop, through his
agent and attorney in fact, Rev. t. \. Coup
pens, held peaceable possession Of and aa-
the revenues and affairs of the
church without protest Or hindranco from
my of the co-owners, deriving sufficient
means for the partial construction OF a now
church. 10 pay the salaries and expenses OF
he curate and his assistant, etc, etc. That
IN or about the oath of March, 1883, the
trchbishop's agent, the CITRATE OF the par
sll, was compelled TO reiinquish the exer-
Use OF his functions, ard petitioners, IL
common with many Of their co-proprietors,
we're i1te.eferea with, hlndered and mo
ested Ill tile Nse and Ell joyment OF their
,roperty for the purposes to which it mad
been heretofore dedicated by the unautho- |
.ized actions Of ntIlE3es Of individuals /
tsiing themselves President and members /
# the Board Of Church Wardens of :; cor