Jones v. Johnson

RENFRO, Justice.

The appellant Jones appealed from a judgment which enjoined him from interfering with appellee Smith in the discharge of Smith’s duties as pastor of the Lake Como Church of God in Christ and from interfering with the appellee trustees in the discharge of their duties as trustees of said church.

The appellant contends the question of who is pastor of the church is an ecclesiastical question over which the court has no jurisdiction.

The trial court filed seven pages of findings of fact in thirty-eight numbered paragraphs. The findings cover the controversy from its inception in…