REID v. GHOLSON

Record No. 840057.

327 S.E.2d 107 (1985)

Milton A. REID, et al. v. Ulysses GHOLSON, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Kunstler, New York City, James F. Gay, Norfolk (Legal Center of James F. Gay, Norfolk, on briefs), for appellants.

Edward Delk, Norfolk (Delk, Jackson & Holmes, Norfolk, on brief), for appellees.

Present: All the Justices.


RUSSELL, Justice.

This appeal is an outgrowth of a protracted and complex dispute between two factions in the membership of a congregational church. Both factions, at various times, resorted to the courts. Among other things, the court below appointed a commissioner in chancery to "run and oversee" a congregational meeting to insure its fairness. The sole question presented on appeal is whether that ruling was an unwarranted breach of the principle of separation of...

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