Legal Opinion
Cannon v. Hickman
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided February 19, 1927PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDeWITT, J.
The record in this cause presents a conflict over the custody of church property between opposing claimants to the office of deacon, or trustee, in the congregation known as the Primitive Baptist Church, colored, of Fayetteville, Tennessee.
The property in question was conveyed in 1873 to Michael Stone and Alfred Johnson, as deacons of the Primitive Baptist Church, colored, of Fayetteville, Tennessee, and their successors in'office— it being a lot of land on which is situated the house of worship, which has during the intervening years been used by said congregation.
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2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Nance v. BusbyTennessee Supreme Court · 1892
- Hundley v. CollinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1901
- Railway Co. v. MahoneyTennessee Supreme Court · 1890
- Chambers v. ChambersTennessee Supreme Court · 1893
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Mason v. WinsteadTennessee Supreme Court · 1954
- Murrell v. BentleyCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1954
- Barner v. BoggianoCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1948
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- The Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Tennessee v. The Rector, Wardens, and Vestrymen of St. Andrew's Parish, a Tennessee CorporationCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2012