Legal Opinion
Davidson v. Church of Christ of Parrish
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided November 18, 1943No. 6 Div. 121PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVINGSTON, Justice.
The bill of complaint seeks an injunction as affecting the use of the temporal properties of the Church of Christ at Parrish, Alabama. Such suit may properly be filed in the name of the church though an unincorporated association. Sentell v. Friendship Baptist Church, 214 Ala. 584, 108 So. 517; Mitchell et al. v. Church of Christ at Mt. Olive, 219 Ala. 322, 122 So. 341, 342; Sections 142 et seq., Title 7, Code of 1940.
The bill alleges that:
“The said Church of Christ is congregational in its nature and creation, with no sovereign power independent of its membership but is…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Watson v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- McClurkin v. McClurkinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
- Blount v. Sixteenth St. Baptist ChurchSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
- McWilliams v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881
- Mitchell v. Church of ChristSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930
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3Cited by4 opinions
- McNulty v. HigginbothamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1949
- Morrison v. State Ex Rel. DormonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1948
- Murphy v. TraylorSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974
- Murphy v. TraylorSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974