MORRIS v. BEACHAM

21154

274 S.C. 320 (1980)

262 S.E.2d 921

Harvey W. MORRIS, J. Vinson Ellenburg, Kenneth D. Benson, Leon O. Stewart, Bishop Joseph A. Synan, William R. Berry, Jessee D. Simmons and Charles R. Wellons as Trustees of Holmes Theological Seminary, Inc., Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Paul F. BEACHAM, Jr. and Daniel R. McLeod, Attorney General, State of South Carolina, Defendants, of whom Daniel R. McLeod, is also a Respondent, and Paul F. Beacham, Jr. is Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

February 19, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Price, Greenville, for appellant.

James M. Allison, Greenville, for Plaintiffs-respondents.

Asst. Atty. Gen. C. Havird Jones, Jr., Columbia, for defendant-respondent.


February 19, 1980.

NESS, Justice:

This appeal is from an order enjoining appellant Paul F. Beacham, Jr., from holding himself out as president of Holmes Theological Seminary, Inc., and ordering him to present certain property to respondents, the Seminary's trustees. We affirm.

The Seminary's founder, Rev. N.J. Holmes, appointed appellant's father, Paul F. Beacham, Sr., to succeed him as the institution's president. The senior Beacham in turn appointed...

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