The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-01-08
BILL FOR INJUNCTION.

This bill filed by the complainant restrain the defend
from using building situated the West Ninety feet Of
Lot Twenty Two Block Sixty One of the Receivers resubdv
of part of Zion subdivision Numbers One Two and Five
abutng Elijah in Section Twenty Eight Township
Forty Six North Range Twelve East of the Third Principal Me
rdan Lake County, Illinois, drug store tobacco store ply
sician's surgeons office
The bill alleges that John Alexander Dowe who the
founder head cult Sect known the Christian Catho
lie Apostolic Church ZION 1892 conceived the idea Of estab
fishing city which be known Zion City, and to be
the headquarters OF church, and the home OF such members
thereof might desire there and reslde that
of such idea he called meeting of the members of said Sect
cult discuss the and devise raising the money
necessary purchase site for such proposed community
city that such meeting he described the character of the city
he had mind and which he proposed build and stated
to be city which would devoid of many of the evils and
with which other cities afflicted that would be clean city,
Godke CITY, good place in which to live good place in
which children and that the inhabitants thereof would
not be subjected the evil associations and practices of the
binary city At that time John Alexander Dowie the head of
the church and the manager of all its affairs under the title
appeaion, of General Overseer"
An association formed known the Zion Land & In
Association The shares in this association One
Hundred Dollars EACH and the purchasers had the privilege Of
later turning these shares in the purchase of lots when
the site secured and the premises subdivded
Many members of the church joined this association and pur
chased shares and this way money secured for the carry
ing of the plan build city Options secured
large tract of land situated north of Waukegan County,
then used farm land and later title taken the in
the of John Alexander Dowie. About $500
were thus secured and plans were formulated part of the tract
subdivided and meeting of the members called upon the site
selected Large pts of the site exhibited and smaller pa
distributed among those At this meeting stated
and purchased by those present at this meeting
In addition the oral verbal made by John
Alexander Dowe his attorneys agents and assistants printed
distributed and the several publications owned ed
tied and controlled by John Alexander DoWe contained articles
descriptive of the character of the city when built the plan and
restrictive contained in the leases stated
that land would be sold but that prospective purchasers would
be leases for 100 years. and the for giving leases
instead deeds both stated and advertised appeared that
DoWe counsel had given that the restrictions which
desired the instruments conveying
would be uncertain the tee OF the land was transferred and
that would be better lease than deed In accord with
that opinion leases prepared and many pieces of property
transferred by lease eSSeeS All OF these leases
tanned the restrictive which claimed these de-
PENDANTS violating.
In July 1906 bill filed in the Federal Court for the
Northern District of Illinois, for Receiver of the Zion
and John Haey appointed Receiver Afterwards under
order of said court John Alexander Dowe conveyed all his
interest Zion City said Receiver Said Dowe died in 1907
and election thereafter held under the direction of the said
Federal Court Wilbur Glenn Vova elected General Over
seer and has since held that position.
The ZION estate administered in said Federal Court and
parts the tract of land belonging said ubdved
by the Receiver and sold under the direction of
court to various persons In of the executed
by the Receiver the restrictive contained
conveyances that December 49, 1908 after formal
protest had been filed with him. the said sold
e. Bellows three lots including the lot here said
conveyance not containing the restrictive question
that the 18th day of December 1908 said Bellows conveyed
portion of said lot under consideration William Fabv
by quit claim deed said deed containing of the restrictive
here under consideration 23rd day of April
1914 said Faby conveyed said premises Bradford Simmons
without said restrictive covenants that during the brick
building erected said premises and the and