St. John Baptist Church of Phoenix v. Thomas

| ,1 respectfully concur. There is no doubt that the congregation of St. John Baptist Church in Phoenix, Louisiana, has occupied a church on Lot 20 for more than 130 years. During that entire time the title to Lot 20 has been in the names of Cornelius Thomas, Samuel Reed, Washington Goodeye and Philip Hill. The intentions of the title owners with respect to the nature of the congregation’s possession of Lot 20 are hidden from the historical record.

When the congregation applied to the SBA for a loan to rebuild its church after its destruction by Hurricane Katrina, it was “disturbed” in its…