CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERY v. BRANSTETTER

No. 90-SC-789-DG.

824 S.W.2d 417 (1992)

CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERY OF the SYNOD OF THE MID-WEST OF the CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Movant, v. James Earlene BRANSTETTER, James Ray Reece, and Larry Roger Reece, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

February 13, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter A. Baker, Glasgow, for movant.

Bobby H. Richardson, Glasgow, Herbert B. Sparks, Edmonton, for respondents.


SPAIN, Justice.

As have so many others, this case presents a dispute among church members over the control of a local church's property. Here a schism developed between opposing factions in the Wisdom Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Metcalfe County. The origin of this church is reflected in the Minutes of the Cumberland Presbytery dated September 30, 1911, which recite that "a new church of eleven members which was organized by Rev. J.L. Kirgan at Dripping

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