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IN RE GALILEE BAPTIST CHURCH

6 Div. 219-A.

186 So.2d 102 (1966)

In re GALILEE BAPTIST CHURCH L. J. HINTON et al. v. Thomas THORNES et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

May 5, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman K. Brown and Arthur Green, Jr., Bessemer, for appellants.

Lipscomb & Lipscomb, Bessemer, and Arthur D. Shores, Birmingham, for appellees.

HARWOOD, Justice.

This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, In Equity, attempting to bring order out of a chaotic condition permeating the Galilee Baptist Church of Grasselli Heights, Inc.

It is stated in briefs by each party that the church has no constitution and no bylaws. Both parties, however, agree that the church has operated under a book written by J. M. Pendleton, D.D., entitled "Baptist Church Manual." The flyleaf...

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