Latin American Council of Christian Churches v. Leal

McGHEE, Justice.

This case arises out of internal dissension between certain members of a local ■church congregation and the parent or general church with which the local church is affiliated. The plaintiff, being the general church, brought action in ejectment in which the issue was whether the plaintiff had the right to possession of the local church property, or whether a faction of the local congregation could renounce their affiliation with plaintiff and assume possession of the property on the ground it belonged to the local congregation. From a judgment in favor of the plaintiff the…