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Luther Doniphan Burrus Papers

Luther Doniphan Burrus was born to Luther and Maupin Burrus on 22 January 1921 in Richmond, Kentucky. He served in World War II and in 1943 he married Anna Belle Prather (1919-1996). The couple lived in Kentucky where Luther worked as an attorney and they were active in the Lyndon Christian Church.

These papers include correspondence, legal documents, and other print materials from Luther Doniphan Burrus’ life and legal career. Burrus litigated several cases between Christian Churches and state agencies of the Disciples of Christ in the years preceding Restructure.

Submissions from 2021 2021

Luther Doniphan Burrus Papers finding aid, Abilene Christian University Special Collections and Archives

Submissions from 1966 1966

Record No. 6153 In the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia at Richmond, Billy T. Baber, Chairman, etc., et al., v. M. Boyd Caldwell, et al. from the Circuit Court of Craig County., Howard G. Turner

Submissions from 1965 1965

In the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, Billy T. Baber, Chairman of the Board of Elders and Deacons of Level Green Christian Church et al Complainants, v. M. Boyd Caldwell et al Defendants, Petition for Appeal., Arthur D. Crush Jr., Hale Collins, and Robert S. Irons

Submissions from 1964 1964

Appendix to Brief of Appellants in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia at Richmond Record No. 6153, Billy T. Barber, Chairman of the Board of Elders and Deacons of Level Green Christian Church, et al., Appellants, v. M. Boyd Caldwell, et al., Appellees, Hale Collins and Robert S. Irons

Brief of Appellants in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia at Richmond Record No. 6153, Billy T. Barber, Chairman of the Board of Elders and Deacons of Level Green Christian Church, et al., Appellants, v. M. Boyd Caldwell, et al., Appellees, Hale Collins and Robert S. Irons

Brief of Appellees in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia at Richmond, Record No. 6153, Billy T. Baber, Chairman of the Board of Elders and Deacons of Level Green Christian Church, et al., Appellants, v. M. Boyd Caldwell, et al., Appellees., George W. Draper and Dillow and Andrews

Submissions from 1952 1952

In the Supreme Court of Iowa, Alva L. Ragsdale, Pearl Ragsdale, Warren Bailey, Birdie L. Bailey, Lorena Vilmont, Grace Rutherford, Mildred DeCook, Mary Ziesman, Edith Janssen, Mrs. Nora Mitchell, Mrs. Lydia Pool and John Janssen, Plaintiffs-Appellees, vs. The Church of Christ in Eldora, Iowa, LeRoy Schuler, Ruth Schuler, J. E. Thackery, Henry Kielsmeier, Arthur Chamness, Lewis E. Simcox, Leonard M. Feuerhelm, John Frisbie, C. H. Mitchell, and Lyman R. Lundy as Executor of the Estate of Harlan Wellington Higginbotham, Deceased, Defendants-Appellants, and Iowa Christian Missionary Society Defendant to Counter-Claim, (Appellee), Appeal from the District Court of Hardin County, Honorable Sherwood A. Clock, Judge Presiding, Appellants' Brief and Argument., Lundy, Butler & Lundy and Donald C. Wilson

In the Supreme Court of Iowa, Alva L. Ragsdale, Pearl Ragsdale, Warren Bailey, Birdie L. Bailey, Lorena Vilmont, Grace Rutherford, Mildred DeCook, Mary Ziesman, Edith Janssen, Mrs. Nora Mitchell, Mrs. Lydia Pool and John Janssen, Plaintiffs, (Appellees), vs. The Church of Christ in Eldora, Iowa, LeRoy Schuler, Ruth Schuler, J. E. Thackery, Henry Kielsmeier, Arthur Chamness, Lewis E. Simcox, Leonard M. Feuerhelm, John Frisbie, C. H. Mitchell, and Lyman R. Lundy as Executor of the Estate of Harlan Wellington Higginbotham, Deceased, Defendants, (Appellants), and Iowa Christian Missionary Society Defendant to Counterclaim, (Appellee), Appeal from the District Court of Hardin County, Honorable Sherwood A. Clock, Judge Presiding, Appellants' Reply Brief and Argument., Lundy, Butler & Lundy and Donald C. Wilson

Submissions from 1951 1951

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit, No. 14,681, Civil, Loren E. Lair, Appellant, vs. The Christian Restoration Association and Robert E. Elmore, Appellees, Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Iowa, Brief of Appellees., Luther Doniphan Burrus and Walter K. Sibbald

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit, No. 14,681, Civil, Loren E. Lair, Appellant, vs. The Christian Restoration Association and Robert E. Elmore, Appellees, Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Iowa, Reply Brief of Appellant., Paul W. Walters and Charles M. Bump

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit, No. 14,681, Civil, Loren E. Lair, Appellant, vs. The Christian Restoration Association and Robert E. Elmore, Appellees, Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Iowa., Paul W. Walters and Loren E. Lair