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CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST, INC. v. CAWTHON

No. 74-1213.

507 F.2d 599 (1975)

CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Reverend A. L. CAWTHON et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 3, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Sladczyk, Jr., Robert P. Walker, Port Arthur, Tex., for defendants-appellants.

Gerald J. Goodwin, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RIVES, GODBOLD and GEE, Circuit Judges.

GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

This is a factional dispute over the possession, use and control of a small church building and lot in Port Arthur, Texas.

The property in question was acquired in 1921 by conveyance to named persons as trustees for the First Church of God in Christ of Port Arthur, Texas (the "local church").

In 1922 the plaintiff Church of God in Christ, Inc., (the "national church") was incorporated in the State of Tennessee pursuant to a...

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