Flagg v. Nichols

Plaintiff, an attorney, sues to recover the reasonable value of legal services he claims he rendered to defendants.

Defendant, African Methodist Episcopal Church, commonly referred to as the A.M.E. Church, is a denominational Protestant Congregational Church. It is an unincorporated society, composed of various churches, and benevolent, charitable and religious corporations, hospitals, schools, book publishing companies, departments and boards. Its administrative work is handled by clerical and lay officers, such as bishops, ministers, elders and deacons. Its denominational head is the General…