Court Opinion

ID: 9706197
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 01:34:04.191034+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:22:20.045290
License: Public Domain

Concurring Opinion
Emmert, J.
I agree that the interlocutory order granting the temporary injunction should be affirmed *172under this state of the record. However, it would seem that whatever authority the superior Methodist Church may have over this real estate will depend upon what its Church Discipline or constitution and by-laws provided at the time the deeds were executed. It would be a denial of due process for the General Assembly to attempt to divest title by subsequent legislative act, and it naturally follows that a superior church organization could have no greater power than a sovereign Legislature. A deed is generally held to be within the protection of the contract clause against impairment. Edwards v. Jagers (1862), 19 Ind. 407. The burying ground presents other considerations involving the law of charitable trusts not necessary to discuss at this stage of the proceedings.
Note. — Reported in 131 N. E. 2d 780.