BETHEL AME CH., NEWBERRY v. DOMINGO

No. 94-926.

654 So.2d 233 (1995)

BETHEL AME CHURCH OF NEWBERRY, FLORIDA, et al., Appellants, v. Jerome DOMINGO, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied May 31, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horace E. Hill, Sr., Daytona Beach, for appellants.

S. Scott Walker and Paul J. Consbruck of Watson, Folds, Steadham, Christmann, Brashear, Tovkach & Walker, Gainesville, for appellees.


PER CURIAM.

In this church schism case, the trial court erroneously entered summary judgment for appellees/defendants, the withdrawing members of Bethel AME Church of Newberry, concluding that they were the rightful owners of the church property. The principle of church structure which governs church property disputes, as articulated in the controlling case of Mills v. Baldwin, 362 So.2d 2 (Fla. 1978), vacated on other...

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