Temple Lot Case

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The Temple Lot Case was a late 19th-century U.S. legal dispute among Latter Day Saint factions over ownership of the sacred Independence Temple Lot in Missouri.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal court case
lawsuit
property dispute
alsoKnownAs Temple Lot Litigation
linked to: Temple Lot Case

Temple Lot Suit
linked to: Temple Lot Case
appealDecisionYear 1895
1896
appealedTo United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
city Independence
concerns Independence Temple Lot
ownership of temple site
country United States of America
court United States Circuit Court for the Western District of Missouri
dateFiled 1891
decidedIn 1894
defendant Church of Christ (Temple Lot)
describedBySource Latter Day Saint historical scholarship
U.S. federal court reports
endTime 1896
hasEffect clarified civil treatment of church succession claims
confirmed Church of Christ (Temple Lot) ownership of Independence Temple Lot
influenced later Latter Day Saint property disputes
hasPart Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints v. Church of Christ (Temple Lot)
linked to: Temple Lot Case
holding Church of Christ (Temple Lot) retained title to Temple Lot
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints not legal successor to original church for property title purposes
linked to: Temple Lot Case
involvesParty Church of Christ (Temple Lot)
Hedrickite Latter Day Saints
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
linked to: Community of Christ

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
jurisdiction United States
Western District of Missouri
legalIssue ecclesiastical succession in Latter Day Saint movement
religious schism and succession
title to real property
legalName Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints v. Church of Christ
linked to: Community of Christ
location Independence, Missouri
plaintiff Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
linked to: Community of Christ
relatedTo Independence Temple Lot
Kirtland Temple legal disputes
religiousContext Latter Day Saint movement
Mormonism
result Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints lost claim to Temple Lot
linked to: Temple Lot Case

judgment for Church of Christ (Temple Lot)
startTime 1891
state Missouri
subjectOf Latter Day Saint movement history
timePeriod late 19th century
topic church property law
religious freedom and civil courts

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Independence Temple Lot legalCase Temple Lot Case
Temple Lot Case hasPart Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints v. Church of Christ (Temple Lot)
linked to: Temple Lot Case
Temple Lot Case alsoKnownAs Temple Lot Suit
linked to: Temple Lot Case
Temple Lot Case alsoKnownAs Temple Lot Litigation
linked to: Temple Lot Case
Temple Lot Case result Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints lost claim to Temple Lot
linked to: Temple Lot Case
Temple Lot Case holding Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints not legal successor to original church for property title purposes
linked to: Temple Lot Case