LeBlanc v. Lemaire

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Blanchard, J.

This ease presents the question whether church property, to-wit: — three lots of ground in the town of Abbeville, Louisiana, on one of which lots is a church building, on another a small building formerly used for church services, and the third in use as a place of burial for the dead, all of the aggregate value of $2,050, is subject to partition at the instance of a minority, among those who, at this time, claim membership in the church.

The church in question is known as the Pleasant Green Baptist Church of Abbeville. It is an…