Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. Church of Christ
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided May 29, 1930No. 5 Div. 48PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The equity of the original bill filed by and in the name of The “Church of Christ at Mt. Olive” was sustained on a former appeal, and it was then ruled that if the respondents, appellants here, desired to challenge the authority of the solicitors to proceed in the name of the • complainant, they should have invoked this inquiry at the first term after the filing of the bill, by motion or plea. Mitchell et al. v. Church of Christ at Mt. Olive, 219 Ala. 322, 122 So. 341.
The necessity for this course of procedure arises from the provisions of the statute authorizing suits 'in the name of an…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Watson v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Mack v. KimeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
- Mt. Zion Baptist Church v. WhitmoreSupreme Court of Iowa · 1891
- Manning v. YeagerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1919
- Mitchell v. Church of Christ at Mt. OliveSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Reid v. JohnstonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1954
- Williams v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1952
- Parker v. HarperCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1943
- Mount Olive Primitive Baptist Church v. PatrickSupreme Court of Alabama · 1949
- Caples v. Nazareth Church of Hopewell Ass'n.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1944
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