McGhee v. Sharpe

OVEÉTON, J.

On October 26, 1932, plaintiffs applied to the c-ivil district court'for the parish of Orleans for an injunction to prohibit Eev. James A. Sharpe from acting as pastor of the Tulane Avenue Baptist Church and from representing the church in any capacity whatsoever, and to prohibit certain members of the governing board and officers of the church from assisting and aiding the Eev. Sharpe in attempting to act as pastor.

The petition fox the injunction rests upon the grounds that the pastorate of the church was declared vacant by a vote of the congregation, the effect of which was to…