Legal Opinion
African Methodist Episcopal v. St. Paul Methodist
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided September 22, 1978No. 77-252PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
362 So.2d 868 (1978)
AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, a corporation, et al.
v.
ST. PAUL METHODIST CHURCH OF SELMONT, a corporation, et al.
77-252.
Supreme Court of Alabama.
September 22, 1978.
Carolyn D. Gaines of Chestnut, Sanders & Sanders, Selma, for appellants.
Harry W. Gamble of Gamble & Gamble, Selma, for appellees.
BEATTY, Justice.
This is the second appeal by the African Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America (plaintiff) in this contest with the Saint Paul Methodist Church of Selmont over the ownership of church property. We affirm.
The essential facts appear in our…
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