HARRISON v. FLOYD


26 N.J. Super. 333 (1953)

97 A.2d 761

JOHN HARRISON, ET ALS., PLAINTIFFS, v. JOHN FLOYD, ET ALS., DEFENDANTS. OVEAN BISHOP, ET ALS., PLAINTIFFS, v. GALILEE BAPTIST CHURCH, A RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OR CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, ET ALS., DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division.

Decided June 8, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Clifford R. Moore, attorney for John Harrison, et als.

Mr. Frank H. Wimberley, attorney for John Floyd, et als.

Mr. Robert Queen, attorney for Ovean Bishop, et als.


GOLDMANN, J.S.C.

Galilee Baptist Church finds itself caught in a cross-fire of litigation because its pastor, officers and members, professing a common faith and pledged to the bond of Christian fellowship, are in conflict. The dispute centers upon Reverend Samuel M. Bagley, the pastor, and has divided the church into three camps: pro-Bagleyites, anti-Bagleyites, and a large group of members who take neither side but...

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