Iglesia Evangelica Latina, Inc. v. Southern Pacific Latin American Dist. of the Assemblies of God

Opinion

ZELON, J.

Appellants Juan A. Reyes and Iglesia Evangélica Latina, Inc. (IEL), appeal the trial court’s judgment in favor of Southern Pacific Latin American District of the Assemblies of God (SPLAD) on three consolidated actions arising out of SPLAD’s takeover of IEL after an internal dispute at IEL and SPLAD’s transfer of IEL’s real property. Appellants contend that although DEL was affiliated with the national hierarchical church Assemblies of God, of which SPLAD was an intermediate governing body, SPLAD had no authority to take over its corporate governance and transfer its property…