Jones v. Watson

Jackson, Justice.

The petition and rule nisi were brought in the name of George Jones and others, who alleged that they were the executive board of a religious body known as the Southwestern Baptist Association, to foreclose a mortgage made to secure a note. The note and mortgage are given to the Southwestern Baptist Association, the former being an acknowledgment of indebtedness to that body but not negotiable. The defendant demurred to the proceeding because the action was brought by the wrong parties and was not amendable, because new parties could not be made by amendment, except when…