McPherson v. Hood
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Bessemer City Court. Heard before Hon. J. C. B. Gwin. Bill by J. P. MacPherson and others, as trustees of the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, against L. D. Hood and others, as officers of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, to require said respondents to show by what right or title they claim to have any interest in the property of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and to authorize complainants to take possession of said property and sell the same, and,…
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Appeal from Bessemer City Court. Heard before Hon. J. C. B. Gwin. Bill by J. P. MacPherson and others, as trustees of the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, against L. D. Hood and others, as officers of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, to require said respondents to show by what right or title they claim to have any interest in the property of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and to authorize complainants to take possession of said property and sell the same, and, after discharging the just debts thereof, to pay the balance over to the'accredited treasurer of the First Presbyterian…
1Opinion of the Court
McCLELLAN, j.
From a final decree, of date July 11, 1914, dismissing the bilí filed by the appellants against appellees, among others, this appeal is prose*147cuted. The only errors assigned are addressed to the result made effective by this decree.
The complainants’ note of testimony for the final submission of the cause made the depositions of several named persons matters for the court’s consideration in arriving at its judgment in the premises. In the formal applications of the solicitors for both parties litigant, for submission of the cause, addressed to the clerk and register of the court,…
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