JACOBS v. ST. MARK'S BAPTIST CHURCH, ETC.

No. 14842.

415 So.2d 253 (1982)

Bernice JACOBS, Carrie Bell Jenkins, Laura Boxley and Alberta Preston, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ST. MARK'S BAPTIST CHURCH OF HOLLY, LOUISIANA, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 12, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Piper & Brown by Robert E. Piper, Jr., Shreveport, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Joseph D. Toups, Jr., Mansfield, for defendant-appellee.

Before MARVIN, FRED W. JONES, and SEXTON, JJ.


MARVIN, Judge.

In this dispute between church members, the trial court declared that the church property was owned by the incorporated church and rejected the demands of the plaintiff-members to enjoin the church from demolishing the old church building on the property. Plaintiffs appeal.

Plaintiffs contend that they, who were members of the unincorporated association and who voted against the majority to incorporate the church in 1976, retained an ownership...

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