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Show POOR PICKING FOR THE POOR PREACHER Has No Legal Action Against Bis Congregation" for Collection of Bis Salary. KANSAS CITY, Mo.,'' May 12. The Western Missouri Court of - Appeals has decided that a member of the church congregation is not liable In law for the payment of the pastor's salary and- that a minister of the gospel must depend upon the good consciences of the members of his flock for his pay and has no legal hold upon them for It This decision was made in the suit brought by the Rev. J. H. Riffe against the congregation of the First Baptist church of Monroe City. The Rev. Riffe was engaged at a salary of 1800 a year, but was not paid that much, so he sued for the balance. The clergyman won his case- in the trial court, but the Court of Appeals reversed that judgment.' |