Floyd S. Pike Electrical Contractor, Inc. v. Goodwill Missionary Baptist Church

BRITT, Judge.

By their sole assignment of error, defendants contend the trial judge erred in denying their motion for an injunction, arguing that church property is exempt from execution. We find no merit in the assignment.

Defendants base their argument primarily on Chapter 61 of the General Statutes and particularly on G.S. 61-3 and G.S. 61-6 which provide (in pertinent part as to 61-3) as follows:

§ 61-3. Title to lands vested in trustees, or in societies. —All glebes, lands and tenements, heretofore purchased, given, or devised for the support of any particular ministry, or mode of worship,…