Legal Opinion

Highland View Baptist Church v. Walker

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided May 21, 1953No. 6 Div. 442PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Per curiam

This is a factional dispute in a Baptist Church, which is an unincorporated association. A bill in equity was filed in the name of the church and the individuals who style themselves as trustees for the church organization. The purpose is to enjoin the respondents who represent the opposite faction “from using or attempting to use the properties of the church for meetings or services unless permitted to do so by the officers and trustees of the church (presumably there referring to complainants), and from further interfering in any manner with the Highland View Baptist Church in using its…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Gewin v. Mt. Pilgrim Baptist ChurchSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
  2. Blount v. Sixteenth St. Baptist ChurchSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
  3. Williams v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1952
  4. Barton v. FitzpatrickSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
  5. Mitchell v. Church of ChristSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Reid v. JohnstonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1954
  2. In Re Galilee Baptist ChurchSupreme Court of Alabama · 1966
  3. In Re Galilee Baptist ChurchSupreme Court of Alabama · 1966
  4. Linton v. FlowersMississippi Supreme Court · 1957
  5. Padgett v. VernerCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1963

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