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SECOND BAPTIST CH. OF RENO v. MOUNT ZION BAPTIST

No. 5798.

466 P.2d 212 (1970)

SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH OF RENO, NEVADA, A NEVADA CORPORATION, APPELLANT, v. MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH, a Nevada corporation, LeRoy W. Moses, Rev. William C. Webb, Flora D. Houston, Sylvester G. Scott, Woodvul Roberson, Cordelia Tatum, Howard Jones, Florence Bell, Autrle Anderson and James C. Thigpen, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

March 11, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Herz, Reno, for appellant.

Charles L. Kellar, Las Vegas, for respondents.

OPINION

BATJER, Justice.

This case involves a dispute between two factions of the Second Baptist Church of Reno, Nevada, over the control of the church assets and the use of the church name.

In 1965 the church building and real property located at 337 East Eighth Street, Reno, Nevada, was purchased for the sum of $26,000 by the state of Nevada for a highway right-of-way. Faced with the problem of having to find a new place to worship, the congregation...

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