Walters-Southland Institute v. Walker

Minor W. Millwee, Justice.

Appellant, The Walters-Sonthland Institute, is a school which has been operated at Lexa, Arkansas, since 1936 by the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. ' Appellee, W. W. Matthews, served as bishop of the Arkansas conference of the church and president of the school from 1936 until May, 1948. The exact nature of the organization of the school prior to 1946 is not clear from the record although it had a board of trustees and operated under auspices of the church.

In 1936 the institute purchased its 160-acre school site from the Masonic Lodge and executed a…