BIBLE WAY CHURCH v. BEARDS

Nos. 95-CV-311, 95-CV-527.

680 A.2d 419 (1996)

The BIBLE WAY CHURCH OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST OF THE APOSTOLIC FAITH OF WASHINGTON, D.C., et al., Appellants, v. Eddyemae R. BEARDS, et al., Appellees. Eddyemae R. BEARDS, et al., Appellants. v. James SILVER, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 24, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Michael Rauh, with whom Martin Shulman was on the brief, Washington, D.C., for appellants in No. 95-CV-311 and appellees in No. 95-CV-527.

Clement T. Cooper, Washington, D.C., for appellees in No. 95-CV-311 and appellants in No. 95-CV-527.

Before FERREN and KING, Associate Judges, and KERN, Senior Judge.


FERREN, Associate Judge.

These consolidated appeals reflect two suits by Eddyemae R. Beards and Julius Beards against The Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of Washington, D.C., its pastor James Silver, and its board of trustees.1 In the first appeal (No. 95-CV-311), Bible Way contends the trial court erred in refusing to dismiss the complaint's first count charging Bible Way with negligent failure to account for church funds and...

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