SIMS v. GREEN

No. 6657.

76 F.Supp. 669 (1947)

SIMS v. GREEN.

District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

July 1, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Gay, Jr., and Gerald A. Gleeson, both of Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Raymond Pace Alexander and C. Russell Phillips, both of Philadelphia, for defendant.


WELSH, District Judge.

The plaintiff and defendant in this action are bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, both of whom are highly respected and much beloved men and leaders in their respective districts. Each seeks to enjoin the other from presiding over conferences of the first Episcopal District of said church.

The question submitted to us presents problems that are not usually presented to a Chancellor in the Civil Courts. In a strictly legal...

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