WESTERN CONF. OF ORIGINAL FREE WILL BAPTISTS v. MILES

Nos. 666-668.

129 S.E.2d 600 (1963)

259 N.C. 1

The WESTERN CONFERENCE OF ORIGINAL FREE WILL BAPTISTS OF NORTH CAROLINA, an Unincorporated Religious Association et al. and J. G. Teasley et al., known as the J. G. Teasley Faction, v. James A. MILES et al., known as the James A. Miles Faction. The WESTERN CONFERENCE OF ORIGINAL FREE WILL BAPTISTS OF NORTH CAROLINA, an Unincorporated Religious Association et al., v. Ronald CREECH. J. G. TEASLEY et al., known as the J. G. Teasley Faction, v. Ronald CREECH.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 6, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Vann, Durham, and Clarence M. Kirk, Wendell, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Lake, Boyce & Lake, Raleigh, for defendants, appellees.

I. Joseph Horton, Snow Hill, for Central Conference of Original Free Will Baptists of North Carolina, amicus curiae.

Hubert Phillips, Kenansville, for North Carolina State Convention of Original Free Will Baptists, amicus curiae.

Johnson, Gamble & Hollowell, Raleigh, for Cape Fear Conference of Original Free Will Baptists of North Carolina, amicus curiae.

R. S. Langley, Kinston, and Robert D. Wheeler, Grifton, for Eastern Conference of Original Free Will Baptists of North Carolina, amicus curiae.

Maupin, Broughton, Taylor & Ellis, Raleigh, for National Association of Original Free Will Baptists of the United States, amicus curiae.

William A. Mahler, Jr., Raleigh, for State Association of Original Free Will Baptists of N. C., Blue Ridge Association of Original Free Will Baptists of N. C., Coastal Association of Original Free Will Baptists of N. C., General Conference of Original Free Will Baptists of N. C., Jack's Creek Association of Original Free Will Baptists of N. C., and Piedmont Association of Original Free Will Baptists of N. C., amici curiae.


MOORE, Justice.

This is the second time we have heard appeals in these cases. At the Fall Term 1961 defendants appealed from orders continuing temporary injunctions to the final hearings. We modified and affirmed the temporary restraining orders, and as a result defendants were enjoined, pending final determination of the actions, in general as follows: (1) The Miles faction was restrained from excluding the Teasley faction from the use and possession of the church...

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