Cantrell v. Anderson

CLAY, Commissioner.

This is a controversy over the right to the use of church property. It was initiated by a minority group against a majority group on the ground that the latter had departed from fundamental doctrines of the original church. The trial court so found and adjudged that the plaintiff appellees were the owners and entitled to the possession of the property.

In 1947 eight or ten persons organized the Hylton Church of the Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ. In 1948 one of the defendant appellants conveyed real estate to the Church, which deed provided:

“This property to be used…