Legal Opinion
In Re Galilee Baptist Church
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided May 5, 1966PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
186 So.2d 102 (1966)
In re GALILEE BAPTIST CHURCH
L. J. HINTON et al.
v.
Thomas THORNES et al.
6 Div. 219-A.
Supreme Court of Alabama.
May 5, 1966.
Norman K. Brown and Arthur Green, Jr., Bessemer, for appellants.
Lipscomb & Lipscomb, Bessemer, and Arthur D. Shores, Birmingham, for appellees.
HARWOOD, Justice.
This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, In Equity, attempting to bring order out of a chaotic condition permeating the Galilee Baptist Church of Grasselli Heights, Inc.
It is stated in briefs by each party that the church has no constitution and no bylaws. Both…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Williams v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1952
- Barton v. FitzpatrickSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
- In Re Galilee Baptist ChurchSupreme Court of Alabama · 1966
- Highland View Baptist Church v. WalkerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
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