Legal Opinion
Mount Olive Baptist Church v. Williams
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided July 8, 1988No. 87-303PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This appeal is from a judgment in which the trial court refused to act upon certain motions in litigation between members of the Mount Olive Baptist Church. We affirm.
The trial court's order contains a statement of the relevant facts of the cause as well as the reasons for its decision. We quote from that order:
"This cause arises out of a dispute between members of the congregation of the Mount Olive Baptist Church. Upon petition the Court ordered that an election be held by the members of the congregation. At the election the votes of 35 individuals were challenged and not counted. The…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Williams v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1952
- In Re Galilee Baptist ChurchSupreme Court of Alabama · 1966
- In Re Galilee Baptist ChurchSupreme Court of Alabama · 1966
- McKinney v. Twenty-Fifth Ave. Baptist Ch., Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1987
3Cited by3 opinions
- Yates v. El Bethel Primitive Baptist ChurchSupreme Court of Alabama · 2002
- Bell v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1991
- Ex parte The Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church, Inc., and the General Council on Finance and Administration of the United Methodist Church (In re: Harvest Church-Dothan v. The Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church, Inc., and the General Council on Finance & Administration of the United Methodist Church d/b/a The United Methodist Church) (Houston Circuit Court: CV-22-86).Supreme Court of Alabama · 2024