Tucker v. Denson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Clarke County; Ben D. Turner, Judge. Suit by Judge Tucker and others, trustees, etc., against Hillary Denson and others. From order denying temporary injunction, complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.
The Mackey Branch Baptist Church, No. 1, is a missionary Baptist Church for colored people, located at Gos-port, Clarke county, Ala. It is congregation al in its nature, and governed exclusively by the will of its members in good standing.
The complainants claim to be members in good standing in said church, and to have been duly elected trustees by the membership thereof, and file this hill against these several respondents, seeking an injunction against their interference with the holding of church services, and against their trespass upon the property, including the cutting of valuable…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Gewin v. Mt. Pilgrim Baptist ChurchSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
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