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.

All labels observed (6)

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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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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