WILLIAMSON v. WALLACE

No. 7614SC19.

224 S.E.2d 253 (1976)

29 N.C. App. 370

Mildred WILLIAMSON v. Carl C. WALLACE et al.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Certiorari Denied July 14, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryant, Bryant, Drew & Crill, P. A. by Victor S. Bryant, Jr., Durham, for plaintiff-appellant.

Spears, Spears, Barnes, Baker & Boles by Alexander H. Barnes and Newsom, Graham, Strayhorn, Hedrick, Murray & Bryson by James T. Hedrick, Durham, for defendants-appellees.


Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court July 14, 1976.

PARKER, Judge.

The question presented is whether plaintiff, as a member of defendant church, has standing to maintain this action. We agree with the trial court that she does not.

Defendant is an unincorporated Baptist Church and as such is an independent and self-governing entity whose governing body is its entire congregation. When the courts are called upon to determine legal questions involving...

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