Legal Opinion
Skyline Missionary Baptist Church v. Davis
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided April 13, 1944No. 8 Div. 249PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAKELY, Justice.
This is an appeal from a decree of the equity court discharging a temporary injunction. § 757, Title 7, Code of 1940. The suit involves a factional fight within the membership of a Baptist Church for control of the church property.
The original bill was filed against Van Davis and others (appellees) in the name of the. Skyline Missionary Baptist Church and in the name of a number of individuals (appellants) who are designated as trustees and as officers and members of the church. The allegations of the bill show that the Skyline Missionary Baptist Church is an unincorporated…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Gewin v. Mt. Pilgrim Baptist ChurchSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- Blount v. Sixteenth St. Baptist ChurchSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
- Barton v. FitzpatrickSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
- Mitchell v. Church of ChristSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930
- Manning v. YeagerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1919
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Reid v. JohnstonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1954
- Williams v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1952
- Riley v. BradleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1948
- Caples v. Nazareth Church of Hopewell Ass'n.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1944
- Odoms v. WoodallSupreme Court of Alabama · 1945
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