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

of the West Side Christian church
| would be in no wise recognized and
| that no communication whatever
! would be received from them, and that
(; thereupon towit: On the-- day
| o. 1894, the said pretended
| corporation, the Central Church of
| Christ by its agents proceeded TO place
| upon record the said pretended deed
! from the said trustees, having prior to
I that time kept the said deed from rec
! ord for the purpose as these plaintiffs
believe and allege of concealing the
| existence of such a deed from the in
! terested towit: these plaintiffs. until
a sale or transfer of said property could
! be made and money realized from the
| removal OF the permanent improve
| ments thereon, and that without nav
| ing any other title OF right therein.
! than as IL is set out above, the said
! pretended corporation, the Central
Church OF Christ, is now preparing and
intending and is about TO sell the said
improvements and have the same TAX
en- from the said property for the pUr-
pose of raising money 10 aid itself as
set out in its charter or TO aid the said
failing corporation, the ChrlStIa n
church Of Wichita, Kan, and that
thereby irreparabIe injury would be
done TO the said property of the West
Side Christian church. That said trus-
tees OF the Central Church ofChrist and
said chairman of official board of the
Christian church of Wichita, have re-
peatedly refused to confer with these
plaitiffs to the end that the rights of
said plaintiffs may be amicably pro-
tected.
Fifth-That the said trustees of the
West Side Christian church are now
all outside of the state of Kansas and
are so situated that il is almost impos-
sible 10 have d meeting of the board
and that they will not act toward the
cancellation of the said deed nor viii
they take any steps to protect the said
property from destruction as is con-
templated above; that the said deed is
cloud upon the title of the said cor
poration. the West Side Christian
church, but that the same is Illegal and
void and was obtained as aforesaid by
false representations.
Sixth-That the said defendant, the
Loan and Trust Saving bank is the
owner and holder of the mortgage up
on the said church building at the cor
ner Of Second and Market streets and
that the Central Church Of Christ is
now aiding the said Christian church
of Wichita and its trustees to defeat
the said mortgage SO that the said deed
that ii has obtained as aforesaid may
inure to the benefit Of the said Christ
ian church of Wichita: that the said
said Christian church OF Wichita, Kan.
and that he said church actually au-
thorized the execution of the said
mortgage, but that the said trustees of
the said Christian church of Wichita,
Kan. being thus abetted by the Off
cial board by w. b. Heudryx, its chair
man. and the trustees of the Central
Church of Christ, have denied under
oath made by one of them that the eX-
ecution of the said mortgage and are
endeavoring to transfer the liability
thereon to the trustees personally, who
in 1SS- signed the said mortgages,
either for the purpose of defeating the
said mortgage upon the said church
building entirely or for the purpose OF
effecting a compromise with the owner
thereof through fear of the entire loss
of his investment; that if the said pro-
ject is successful. the said Central
Church of Christ of Wichita, Kan, will
hold the said property that they have
so endeavored to obtain by thes aid
pretended deed in trust for the said
Christian church of Wichita, so that
the said bank by virtue of its mort
gage and suit may claim to have a lien
upon thes aid property so endeavored
to be conveyed by the said pretended
deed upon the ground that the said
deed was in fact more for the benefit
of and in trust for the said Christian
church of Wichita, in harmony with