Legal Opinion
Padgett v. Verner
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided January 10, 1963PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCooper, J.
The hill in this case, as amended, was filed by a majority of the Board of Deacons and 12 members of the Turtletown Victory Baptist Church of Polk ■ County, Tennessee, seeking to enjoin the defendants, Bessie Verner, Ella Whitner, John Hopkins and Dillard Wilcox from exercising any control over church property, and from interfering with the use of the property for public worship.
The property in question consisted of approximately one acre of land, which had been conveyed to the Turtle-town Victory Baptist Church on February 14, 1956, by deed executed by Fred Houston. The deed contained a…
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- Gipson v. MorrisCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1904
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