Legal Opinion
Shirley v. CHRISTIAN EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided September 16, 1999No. 98-CA-00587-SCTPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
¶ 1. This is an appeal from an action filed in the Chancery Court of Lowndes County, Mississippi. The Christian Methodist Episcopal Church ("CME") filed an action against Charles Shirley, Larry Bouldes, Jimmie A. Shirley, and Willie Bouldes ("trustees") as trustees for the Cross Roads CME Church ("Cross Roads") seeking a determination that the 1.4 acre parcel of land upon which Cross Roads sat belonged to CME as well as other relief. The trustees answered the complaint and counterclaimed. CME then filed an answer and amended complaint.
¶ 2. The case was tried before the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Protestant Episc. Church, Diocese of NJ v. GravesSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1980
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