Legal Opinion
HOLINESS BAPTIST ASS'N, INC. v. Barber
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 17, 2001No. S01A1175PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hines, Justice.
This is an appeal from the dismissal of an action in ejectment involving a dispute about church property. For the reasons which follow, we reverse the dismissal as the trial court erroneously determined that resolution of the dispute is an ecclesiastical matter.
Holiness Baptist Association, Inc. (“Association”), a corporation consisting of approximately 25 member churches, filed an action in ejectment against Barber and other members of the Board of Deacons of Vickers Holiness Baptist Church (“Church”) seeking to oust the Church from real property it occupied and to have a…
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- McDonnell v. Episcopal DioceseCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989
- First Born Church of Living God, Inc. v. HillSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
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