Beulah Missionary Baptist Church v. Spann

132 Mich. App. 118 (1984)

346 N.W.2d 911

BEULAH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

v.

SPANN

Docket No. 65871.

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided February 7, 1984.

Hamilton & McDonald, P.C. (by Vanzetti M. Hamilton), for plaintiff.

Bell & Hudson, P.C. (by Seymour Floyd), for defendant.

Before: J.H. GILLIS, P.J., and GRIBBS and H.R. GAGE,[*] JJ.

This appeal involves a church election. Reverend T. Cortez Spann, the defendant, was pastor of the Beulah Missionary Baptist Church in the City of Westland. A dispute arose at the church, and Reverend Spann's followers voted to remove certain deacons and a trustee from…