Holiman v. Dovers

(xeorge Rose Smith, J.

This is a dispute between two' factions in the Landmark Missionary Baptist Church of Traskwood, Arkansas. The appellants, the minority group, brought suit to enjoin the pastor, Elder A. Z. Dovers, and the majority group from using the church property for the preaching and teaching of doctrines fundamentally contrary to the Landmark Missionary Baptist faith. The chancellor refused to grant the relief sought, finding that the deviations which had occurred were not of sufficient consequence to call for the intervention of eauitv.

This church was organized in 1902 and had…