Board of Incorporators of the African Methodist Episcopal Church v. Gaston

MEMORANDUM OPINION

LYNN, Chief Judge.

Pleadings

No oversimplification is intended in describing the thrust of plaintiff’s complaint as an effort to recover funds, admittedly belonging to it, deposited with defendants, The First National Bank of Birmingham, The National Bank of Commerce, and Citizens Federal Savings & Loan Association, respectively, by defendant, Arthur G. Gaston, under his *824purported authority as Treasurer of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (A.M.E. Church) and pursuant to a resolution, dated on or about May 19, 1971, subscribed by defendant, Bishop William Franklin Ball,…