African Methodist Episcopal Church, Inc. v. Stewart

| .¿Reverend Larry Stewart, pastor of the Rising Star Community Church1 (Rising Star), and Rising Star appeal a judgment decreeing that title to the disputed property at issue is vested in the Annual Conference of African Methodist Episcopal Church in Louisiana and Mississippi (L & M A.M.E.), the denominational hierarchy. For the following reasons, we reverse the trial court judgment in this regard, and we declare Rising Star to be owner of the subject property.

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This matter returns to this court after we raised on our own motion and granted the peremptory…