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

shortly thereafter the services con-
nected with the said West Side Chris
| tian church were suspended temporari-
ly; that the plaintiffs, Lucinda Harry,
| Robert l.. Harvey, Anna NJ. Kirkbride
| Puma T.. Kirkbride Bette ID. Lucy
and W. A. Ayres are members of the
West Side Christian church at the pres
ent time and have been such since long
prior TO the said temporary suspension
of services; that the defendants named
herein as the trustees of the West Side
Christian church were connected with
| and teachers in the Garfield University
a corporation. with place of business
On the West Side of Wichita, Kansas.
and that after the failure of the said
Garfield University the said trustees
found it necessary within short while
to separate and go elsewhere in order
to pursue their vocation. That the
said members of the West Side Chris
tian church have continued in the pos
session of the said personal property
Of the said church and have not con
nected themselves with any other
church, but have continued to be and
hold themselves out as members OF the
West Side Christian church with the
belief and hope that as soon as there
should be recurrence OF prosperous
times the said church building contem-
plated 10 be erected upon the said lots
there by the said church in accordance
with the original purposes. That there
is now no Indebtedness on the West
Side Christian church.
Third-That for several years past,
the defendant. the Christian church OF
Wichita, has been in finacial ernbar-
easements. and that for two years last
past foreclosure Of a mortgage of sew
eral thousand dollars has been pend
&c 1rtiI eli "a ar a
corner of Second and Market streets
in the city of Wichita, Kansas. and that
certain of the members of the said
church conceived the plan of organic
ing another corporation to be founded
upon the ruins of the old church in case
it could not be rescued by some means
from its creditors and in accordance
with the said plans the said defendants
named herein as the five trustees of the
Central Church of Christ, together with
w. S. HendryX. the chairman of the
official board of the said Christian
church drew up the said charter, mark
ed exhibit b" and had the same fled
with the secretary of the state Of Kan
sas as aforesaid; that there is now and
during the past has been no church
body behind the said pretended corpor-
alton, the Central Church of Christ. and
that the said charter is illegal in that it
is or pretends to be a corporation for
the support OF public worship and still
provides in its charter for the accumuIa-
ton and loan of funds, the erection Of
buildings and the purchase and sale of
both real and personal estate is the pur-
poses of the corporation shall require
and for the benefit of its members; that
the last provision is the statutory pur-
pose for the forma ton of a building
and loan association, and that still
there is in the said charter no provision
made for issuance Of stock and there
is no capital stock at all. That prior to
the forma ton Of this new corporation
there was no general notice given to
the congrega ton of the said Christian
church of such contemplated corpora
ton; that the said pretended corpora
ton the Central Church of Christ by
its agents, George Fl. Sims and others,
some time after the 22nd day of August,
So, for the purpose of obtaining money
for the benefit of the said new corpora
ton in the old church property should
be sold under the mortgage thereon,
or for the purpose of aiding and en-
couraging the said old church corpora
ton the Christian church of Wichita.
Kansas, if by any means the said in
de btednesS of the last mentioned cor
Uoration should be avoided. began cor
re spending with the various trustees
of the West Side Christian church for
the purpose Of inducing them to exc