Sones v. Sones Chapel Baptist Church ex rel. v. Lumpkin

ROBERTS, J.,

for the Court.

SUMMARY OF THE CASE

¶ 1. In 1922, Sones Chapel Baptist Church was deeded the land upon which its sanctuary had stood for more than twenty years. As-it turned out, the legal description in the deed was inaccurate, and in 1978 the original grantor’s successors in interest agreed to a deed exchange to correct the inaccuracy. Included in the deed back to the Church was a reverter clause stipulating that if the Church “cease[d] to be used as a place for Landmark Missionary-Baptist Ministry, or of like faith and order,” the property would revert back to the grantors.

*834¶ 2. In…