Zion's Rest Congregational Methodist Church v. Methodist Episcopal Church, South

This is a suit for slander of title brought by H. P. Ott, W. D. Cates, and J. P. Ryan, as alleged trustees of and acting for Zion’s Rest Congregational Methodist Church against the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, wherein plaintiffs allege said Congregational Methodist Church is the owner and is in physical possession of a three-acre lot of ground in section 11, township 10, range 11 west, in Dé Soto parish, on which is a church building and cemetery, known as Zion’s Rest Church. The petition alleges that the defendant church is also claiming the ownership of said property under a pretended…