BEULAH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH v. SPANN

Docket No. 65871.

132 Mich. App. 118 (1984)

346 N.W.2d 911

BEULAH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH v. SPANN

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided February 7, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hamilton & McDonald, P.C. (by Vanzetti M. Hamilton), for plaintiff.

Bell & Hudson, P.C. (by Seymour Floyd), for defendant.

Before: J.H. GILLIS, P.J., and GRIBBS and H.R. GAGE, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

This appeal involves a church election. Reverend T. Cortez Spann, the defendant, was pastor of the Beulah Missionary Baptist Church in the City of Westland. A dispute arose at the church, and Reverend Spann's followers voted to remove certain deacons and a trustee from their positions as church officers. One of the removed deacons sponsored a meeting at which a vote was taken to remove Reverend Spann as pastor. The church, through its officers, sued in...

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