FLUKER COMMUNITY CHURCH v. HITCHENS

No. 81-C-3286.

419 So.2d 445 (1982)

FLUKER COMMUNITY CHURCH v. F. B. HITCHENS, et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 7, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Blake Jones, Scheuermann & Jones, New Orleans, for applicant.

Nelson D. Taylor, Gail Horne Ray, Baton Rouge, Gilbert Stampley, New Orleans, for respondents.


DENNIS, Justice.

This case presents the question of whether a local church which has disaffiliated from an international hierarchical church may have the latter enjoined from erecting a building on property of which the rebel local church is the titleholder. After the trial court confirmed the local church's title to the property and enjoined further construction, the court of appeal, 405 So.2d 1223, reversed, awarded title to the...

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