Concerned Members of Old Elam Baptist Church v. Board of Trustees

SMITH, Justice.

“The Board of Trustees/Directors and/or Deacons of Old Elam Baptist Church,”1 the defendants below, petitioned this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Montgomery Circuit Court to vacate its order requiring the defendants to permit the “Concerned Members of Old Elam Baptist Church,” the plaintiffs below, to inspect the business and financial records of Old Elam Baptist Church. The defendants’ petition also requested that we direct the trial court to enter an order dismissing the plaintiffs’ action. We grant the petition in part and deny it in part.

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