Justice v. Rollins

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Stites

— Reversing.

'The question for decision in this case is whether or not the Church of God, or Holiness Church, of Pike-ville, has acquired title by adverse possession to the property of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Pikeville. The Methodist Church was organized about 1891, and on the 27th of May, 1891, Mrs. Kentucky Ferrell and her husband deeded a certain lot in Pikeville to Smith Spicer, James Justice, and William Poage, as trustees of the A. M. E. Church, and a church was constructed on this property. In 1913 the property was exchanged for…