Legal Opinion
Central Alabama Conference of African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America v. Crum
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided July 30, 1999No. 2980042PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On Application for Rehearing
YATES, Judge.
The opinion of May 28, 1999, is withdrawn, and the following is substituted therefore.
This appeal involves a property dispute between the Central Alabama Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America (“AMEZ Church”) and the congregation of the Elwood Church of Tyler (“Elwood Church”),1 located in Dallas County. The trial court entered a judgment declaring the Elwood Church the owner of the real property and build*1014ings where the church is located. The AMEZ Church appealed. We affirm.
In 1994, the entire congregation of the Elwood…
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