The trustee or trustees of any religious society shall have the same power to defend and prosecute suits at law or in equity and do all other acts for the protection, improvement, and preservation of trust property as individuals may do in relation to their individual property.Rev. Stat., ch. 125, § 2; C. & M. Dig., § 8638; Pope's Dig., § 11369; A.S.A. 1947, § 50-202.
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