DECKER v. BEREAN BAPTIST CHURCH

No. 106039; CA 16606.

624 P.2d 1094 (1981)

51 Or.App. 191

Shirley DECKER, Myrtle Decker, Jeanne Dubois, Lena Claassen, Duane Hadley, Jean Hadley, Howard Sanderson, Katherine Sanderson, Roy Ebel, Maxine Ebel, Ted Metcalf, Doug Price, Merle Price, Susan Quayle, Golda Hadley, Clell Edwards, Mildred Edwards, Ralph Edwards, Ann Edwards, Connie Dodge, Esther Anderson, Esther Raaf, Douglas Raaf, Marjorie Whitlach, Norm Walkup and Iva Walkup, Appellants, v. BEREAN BAPTIST CHURCH (Conservative), Also Known As the Berean Baptist Church of Keizer, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided March 9, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brad Littlefield, Portland, argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs was Goldsmith, Siegel, Engel & Littlefield, Portland.

Larry J. Molinari, Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent.

Before JOSEPH, P.J., and WARDEN and WARREN, JJ.


WARDEN, Judge.

Plaintiffs, former members of defendant Berean Baptist Church (Conservative), brought this suit for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief. Seeking to void the allegedly unlawful conversion of the church to an Independent Baptist Church and to gain exclusive control of the church, plaintiffs appeal from the decree in favor of defendants.1 Assigned as errors are (1) the trial court's application of the doctrine of

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