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SANDERS v. STONE

42949.

255 Ga. 704 (1986)

342 S.E.2d 318

SANDERS et al. v. STONE et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 29, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erwin, Epting, Gibson & McLeod, Terrell W. Benton, Jr., Andrew H. Marshall, for appellants.

Hudson & Montgomery, James E. Hudson, for appellees.

Frank C. Jones, W. Warren Plowden, Jr., amici curiae.

BELL, Justice.

This case is a contest among members of a local church congregation in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, and the United Methodist Church for control of the local church's property. In 1820 one Robert Smith conveyed the real property on which the local church is located to the "Trustees for the meeting house known by the name of Mt. Pleasant ... and their successors in office to be appointed by the congregation." In...

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