The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-09

/ cute to the said new corporation quit
! claim deed to the said property on Uni
Versity avenue, and made representa-
! tons To the said trustees in effect that
/ there We're no members remaining OF
! the West Side Christian church afore-
said: and that il was in conformity
/ with the wishes of all persons concern
ed that such deed Shold be executed;
! that such deed would greatly inuTe to
the benefit of the Christian church OF
Wichita: that the several trustees OF
/ the said West Side Christian church
without any meeting of the board and
without consulting with each other and
seeing each other whatsoever. but each
in his respective horne, without any
consideration whatever and relwinS
upon the truthfulneSS of the said rep
RESERVATIONS signed and acknowledged
as such trustees quit claim deed, OF
which COPY is hereto attached, mark
ed exhibit d. and made part of this
petition; that the said j. S.Grifiin signed
and acknowledged the said deed in
Sedgwick county, Kansas, the said Az
water in Iowa. the said LaughliE i'll
Adair county. Missouri, the said Pink
crton in st. Louis, Mo, and the said
. Metcalf in California; that at the
time such representations were made
the said members Of the said West Side
Christian church. as set out above,
were then members thereof and have
ever since been such. and that they "a
IepTeSentating a majority at least, i
not the total number OF such members
remaining had no knowledge Of and
We're not consulted about or advised of
the said deed: that no meeting of the
church to authorize the said board Of
trustees TO execute the said quit claim
deed was ever called or had. and that
the said members, if they had known of
such contemplated deed being made
would have prevented the same in every
way that lay within their power, and
that the said contributors who gave
more than three-fourths of the cash
that was expended in the improve
ments upon the said property We're in
no sense ana in no way consulted, am
knew nothing of the representations
set out above. and that if the said con
tribuIors plaintiffs as aforesaid, had
known of such transfer they would
have prevented the same i il was with
in their power. and that the knowledge
of such transfer and deed 50 attempted
TO be made came to the said plaintiffs
rot earlier than the first OF April. 1881.
and then by rumor. That said pre-
tended conveyance was obtained Ter the
purpose of selling the property atempt-
ed TO be so conveyed thereby 10 raise
money to sustain q church on the east
side OF Wichita and away and apart
from the said West Side where these
plaintiffs desire a church TO be.
Fourth-That since the knowledge of !
such pretended transfer came TO these
plaintiffs they have brought the mat
ter up before the official board OF the
Christian church of Wichita aforesaid: |
the said board consisting OF George Il. !
Sims. the pastor, trustees, elders and |
deacons thereof. and others and before !
the oaforesaid trustees OF the said pre-
tended Church of Christ and showed 10
them that the membership of the said
West Side Christian church objected !
and protested against such q diversion /
OF the property of the said corpora /
ton from the objects for which the
pronarty was built. and for which the
contributions were made, and request /
ed that a committee be appointed for /
the purpose Of examining into the facts /
connected with the said transfer and !
with the status Of the said West Side i
Christian church,; that a committee
was appointed TO confer with the repre- /,
sentaTiVes of the said West Side
Christian church and the said contri- .
butoTs. but that after the appointment I
OF the said committee the said repre- {
sentatiVeS received a letter from the
said committee wherein the said com /
mittee declared in effect that the rights !
OF The said members and contributors