Temple Lot Case

E107945
United States federal court case lawsuit property dispute

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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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints lost claim to Temple Lot 1
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints not legal successor to original church for property title purposes 1
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints v. Church of Christ (Temple Lot) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal court case ⓘ
lawsuit ⓘ
property dispute ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Temple Lot Case ⓘ
surface form: Temple Lot Litigation

Temple Lot Case ⓘ
surface form: Temple Lot Suit
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 District Court for the Western District of Missouri ⓘ
surface form: 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 Temple Lot Case self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints v. Church of Christ (Temple Lot)
holding Church of Christ (Temple Lot) ⓘ
surface form: Church of Christ (Temple Lot) retained title to Temple Lot

Temple Lot Case self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints not legal successor to original church for property title purposes
involvesParty Church of Christ (Temple Lot) ⓘ
Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite) ⓘ
surface form: Hedrickite Latter Day Saints

Community of Christ ⓘ
surface form: Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ
surface form: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
jurisdiction United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Western District of Missouri ⓘ
legalIssue ecclesiastical succession in Latter Day Saint movement ⓘ
religious schism and succession ⓘ
title to real property ⓘ
legalName Community of Christ ⓘ
surface form: Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints v. Church of Christ
location Independence, Missouri ⓘ
plaintiff Community of Christ ⓘ
surface form: Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
relatedTo Independence Temple Lot ⓘ
Kirtland Temple legal disputes ⓘ
religiousContext Latter-day Saint movement churches ⓘ
surface form: Latter Day Saint movement

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ
surface form: Mormonism
result Temple Lot Case self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints lost claim to Temple Lot

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Temple Lot Case
Description of subject: 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.

Referenced by (6)

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 → Temple Lot Case self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints v. Church of Christ (Temple Lot)
Temple Lot Case → alsoKnownAs → Temple Lot Case ⓘ
this entity surface form: Temple Lot Suit
Temple Lot Case → alsoKnownAs → Temple Lot Case ⓘ
this entity surface form: Temple Lot Litigation
Temple Lot Case → result → Temple Lot Case self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints lost claim to Temple Lot
Temple Lot Case → holding → Temple Lot Case self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints not legal successor to original church for property title purposes