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AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH v. JENKINS

139 Conn. 418 (1953)

AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF BRIDGEPORT ET AL. v. J. J. JENKINS ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided January 20, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Klein, with whom was Frederic M. Klein, for the appellants (defendants).

Huntley Stone, for the appellees (plaintiffs).

BROWN, C. J., JENNINGS, INGLIS and O'SULLIVAN, Js.

O'SULLIVAN, J.

The African Methodist Episcopal Church of Bridgeport and its nine trustees brought this action against the Reverend J. J. Jenkins and the African Methodist Episcopal Church of the United States. The plaintiffs sought a judgment declaring that the defendant church has no rights in the property of the plaintiff church and enjoining both defendants from interfering with its activities. In addition to their answer and special defense, the defendants filed...

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