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BOSTWICK v. NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH

No. 8988.

111 So.2d 201 (1959)

Sam P. BOSTWICK, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 4, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jasper K. Smith, Jr., Vivian, Charles L. Barnett, Shreveport, for appellant.

Albert E. Bryson, Shreveport, for appellee.

Before GLADNEY, AYRES, and JAMES E. BOLIN, JJ.

BOLIN, Judge ad hoc.

Sam Bostwick brings this suit, pursuant to LSA-R.S. 13:5062, against the New Hope Baptist Church in order to try title to a certain plot of ground which was reserved in a deed made to the church some sixty years ago. The plaintiff alleges that the defendant is "a colored congregation, unincorporated, domiciled and doing business in Vivian, Caddo Parish, Louisiana." In connection with the suit in the lower court, service was made on a Negro by...

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