Mullins v. Elswick

CULLEN, Commissioner.

A majority of the members of the Caney Creek'Freewill Baptist Church voted to withdraw the church from the Floyd County Conference of Freewill Baptists, which was an association or “Quarterly Meeting” of the denomination. Members representing the minority then brought this action seeking to recover possession and control of the church property from the majority, alleging that by virtue of the withdrawal from the association the majority were using and applying the church property to doctrines and practices repugnant to the faith and *497practices of the Freewill Baptists.…