Legal Opinion
Blue v. Jones
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided January 19, 1970No. 45562PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice.
Complainants-appellees, W. C. Jones and others, asserting that they are trustees of Enoch Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Rankin County, brought this suit against defendants- appellants. Reverend Thomas G. Blue, Jr., and others, in the Chancery Court of Rankin County, charging that the defendants had attempted to take over the property, worship services, and fiscal affairs of the church, and that the property belonged to complainants as trustees for the church. Denying these averments, the defendants stated that the complainants had been removed from their offices…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Presbyterian Church in US v. Mary Elizabeth Blue Hull Memorial Presbyterian ChurchSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Carothers v. MoseleyMississippi Supreme Court · 1911
- Allen v. RobyMississippi Supreme Court · 1915
- Grantham v. HumphriesMississippi Supreme Court · 1939
- Windham v. UlmerMississippi Supreme Court · 1912
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Sawyer v. BrandonMississippi Supreme Court · 2002
- Greater New Hamilton Grove Baptist Church and Trustee Tommie Burns v. Hamilton Grove Missionary Baptist Church a/k/a Greater New Hamilton GroveCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2023
- Jessie L. Sawyer v. Ezell BrandonMississippi Supreme Court · 2000
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