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BETHANY INDEPENDENT CHURCH v. STEWART

Nos. 93-1252, 94-75 and 94-76.

645 So.2d 715 (1994)

BETHANY INDEPENDENT CHURCH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard STEWART, Defendant-Appellant. CITY BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF NATCHITOCHES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BETHANY CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH and Pinetree Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Defendants-Appellees. TRINITY PRESBYTERY OF the CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nellie KEES, Winfred Kees and Clarence Layfield, Jr., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 7, 1994.

Writ Denied February 9, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Matheny, John G. Williams, for Richard Stewart.

Donald Gray Horton, John S. Stephens, for Bethany Independent Church in No. 93-1252.

Donald Gray Horton, John S. Stephens, for Bethany Cumberland Presbyterian, et al. in No. 94-75.

John S. Stephens, for Nellie Kees, et al.

Donald Gray Horton, for Bethany Independent Church in No. 94-76.

Henry Cole Gahagan Jr., for City Bank and Trust Co. of Natchitoches.

Before GUIDRY, C.J., and DECUIR and PETERS, JJ.

PETERS, Judge.

These consolidated cases involve a dispute over church property in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. After a long affiliation with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, part of the congregation of Bethany Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Bethany Cumberland), an unincorporated religious association, decided to dissociate themselves from the parent denomination. They formed a Louisiana corporation entitled Bethany...

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