First Methodist-Protestant Church of Baton Rouge v. First Congregational Methodist Church of Baton Rouge

LOTTINGER, Judge.

This is a suit by the First Methodist-Protestant Church of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as plaintiff, against the First Congregational Methodist Church of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as defendant in which petitioner seeks a declaratory judgment declaring a certain act of sale dated July 30, 1957, to be null and void and of no effect. The Lower Court granted judgment in favor of petitioner and against defendant, as prayed for, and the defendant has appealed.

The facts are that during the year 1942, a church of the Methodist-Protestant denomination was organized in Baton Rouge,…