Legal Opinion
Kemp v. Neal
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 30, 2010No. S10A0724PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Per curiam
This case involves a dispute between appellants, who are the trustees of Williams Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, and appellees, who are the national African Methodist Episcopal Church and its officials. The dispute is over the ownership of church property in Screven County where Williams Chapel has held services for years as an AME church. In 2008, however, several members of Williams Chapel sought to terminate the local church’s relationship with the national AME church. As a result, the national church and its officials filed a petition to quiet title in the property and for…
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