Show the temple lot suit ST louis ann 23 the loog pend ing euit brought by the reorganized uburth ot christ of latter day against the church of chrict at independence mo was called in the united states circuit court of p peala today it is an action instituted to recover possession of certain church property claimed by the ot the charch in 1869 ona john P hedrick and hia wife deeded the property to the church ot christ of latter day saints for the aae and benefit of the said church 0 christ the defendants deny that this reorganized church is the same church as that originally founded and the investigation of thia proposition leads to a review of the history of the churuti going at least as far back is nauvoo and the expulsion from missouri the defendants who have occupied the church at independence for ganv years are keown as hedrick inep they inayat that when joseph snaith at nauvoo illi introduced the doctrine of polyp diny baptism for tha dead etc he introduced a bachism in the church and this departure from the original tenets of the church was of auch a nature as to constitute a heresy the introduced by joseph smith ie to de foreign to that adopted by the adherents of the church as origin ally founded by joseph amith the o adherents the defendants insist liva always ftc practice to he condemned ami aliey have evon held to the utah faction they leny the claim of the plaintiffs to their property uro perty on doctrinal hey ahei atei t at they can chow f lear title from who waa n mormon BO long ago as 1830 yarra he fore joseph smiths special revelation concerning in the court balow the united circuit court of kaneai city there was a judgment for the claimants whereupon the defendants appealed |