
1796: Judges Revive James Huntsman’s Fraud Lawsuit Against Mormon Church
Mormon Stories Podcast
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The Dissenting Judgment on the Benefitable Life Claim
All the judges on the panel agreed to throw out the beneficial life claim. What survives is the 1.6 billion to City Creek Mall. There were five statements by either church leaders or church-owned publications that did state that tithing money would not be used for City Creek Mall, Huntsman says. But if they had just zipped their lip about assuring people that no tithing money was going to be used in City Creek Mall,. then this claim would have met the same fate as the claims involving beneficial life. The dissent actually only dissented as to this portion of the opinion.
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