Sears v. Scott

Ed. P. MoFaddiN, Justice.

This is a dispute between the rival factions of the Arch Street Baptist Church (Colored) in Little Rock, Arkansas, which church is congregational in its method of church government. See Elston v. Wilborn, 208 Ark. 377, 186 S. W. 2d 662, 158 A. L. R. 179. The appellant, Sears, claims to be the pastor of the church. The appellees claim to be the trustees and the representatives of the majority faction of the congregation.

On December 10,1945, appellees filed their complaint in the Pulaski Chancery Court, alleging that at a regular meeting of the congregation on December…