Lumbee River Conference of the Holiness Methodist Church v. Locklear

It is not contended that the title to the property on which the Union Chapel Holiness Methodist Church, hereinafter called Union Chapel Church, is located has been put in issue in this case so as to require an adjudication thereof. Simmons v. Allison, 118 N.C. 763, 24 S.E. 716. It is apparent, however, that the defendants’ refusal to permit the pastor assigned to the Union Circuit, which is composed of the Union Chapel and New Prospect Churches, to hold services in the Union Chapel Church, is bottomed on a deliberate and planned course of conduct on the part of the defendants to force the…