Black v. Tackett

CLAY, Commissioner.

This is a dispute over the right to the use of church property. The Chancellor adjudged appellees, as members of the Indian Run Pentecostal Church of Greenup County, were entitled to possession and control of such property; and enjoined appellants from setting up or claiming ownership or the right to its possession.

Prior to 1944 a voluntary group had created a religious organization. In 1944 it was proposed that a new church house be built, and thereupon the necessary land was purchased. The deeds were made to three persons as trustees, “for the use and benefit of the…