Legal Opinion
Goodwin v. First Baptist Church
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 10, 1969No. 25220PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Grice, Justice.
This is a controversy over the sale of church property and removal of the church to a new location. A class action was filed by Mamie Bland Goodwin and 16 other members of the First Baptist Church of Augusta in the Superior Court of Richmond County, naming as defendants the church, its minister and certain of its officers and trustees. The complaint sought an injunction to prohibit the sale of real estate on which the sanctuary is situated and the removal of the church to a new location outside the City of Augusta.
It is worthy of mention that the present location is where the…
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