DEAN v. ALFORD

No. 2-98-327-CV.

994 S.W.2d 392 (1999)

Dorothy DEAN, Carl Stratford, and Jack Marsh, Appellants, v. Harold D. ALFORD, Pastor New Jerusalem Institutional Baptist Church, Alfred Harris and Robert King, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

June 10, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Odeneal, Odeneal & Odeneal, Dallas, for appellants.

Scott E. Kurth, Desoto, for appellees.

Panel B: LIVINGSTON, BRIGHAM, and HOLMAN, JJ.


OPINION

TERRIE LIVINGSTON, Justice.

This appeal arises from an intercongregational dispute of the New Jerusalem Institutional Baptist Church of Dallas. Appellants Dorothy Dean, Carl Stratford, and Jack Marsh represent a portion of the membership that sought removal of appellee Harold D. Alford as pastor.

Because the issue presented to the trial court was purely ecclesiastical in nature, the trial...

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