Church of God in Christ, Inc. v. Congregation Kehillath Jacob

This is a bill in equity brought by the plaintiff against the Congregation Kehillath Jacob (Congregation) and the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (Zion Church) seeking specific performance of an agreement under which the Congregation was to sell real estate to the plaintiff, and an injunction against the sale of the same property to the Zion Church pursuant to a later agreement. The defendants appeal from a final decree, entered on a master’s report, ordering the Congregation specifically to perform the first agreement.

No appeal was taken from the interlocutory decree confirming the…