SMITH v. KELLY

17492.

208 Ga. 233 (1951)

65 S.E.2d 795

SMITH et al. v. KELLY et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided July 10, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Brown and Maddox & Maddox, for plaintiffs.

Hicks & Culbert, for defendants.


HEAD, Justice.

1. Courts are reluctant to interfere with the management of a church. When church property is devoted to a specific doctrine, the courts may prevent it from being diverted from such use. Code, § 22-408. In the present case a diversion from a specific doctrine is not alleged, nor is it alleged that the church property is being used for purposes contrary to the provisions in the deed to the original trustees.

2. The constitution and laws...

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