Legal Opinion
Dean v. Alford
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided June 10, 1999No. 2-98-327-CVPublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TERRIE LIVINGSTON, Justice.
This appeal arises from an intercongre-gational dispute of the New Jerusalem Institutional Baptist Church of Dallas. Appellants Dorothy Dean, Carl Stratford, and Jack Marsh represent a portion of the membership that sought removal of appel-lee Harold D. Alford as pastor.
Because the issue presented to the trial court was purely ecclesiastical in nature, the trial court was without jurisdiction to resolve the controversy. Therefore, we vacate the trial court’s judgment and dismiss the case.
BACKGROUND
On January 13, 1998, a congregational vote, in violation of…
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