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HOLINESS BAPTIST ASS'N, INC. v. BARBER

No. S01A1175.

552 S.E.2d 90 (2001)

HOLINESS BAPTIST ASSOCIATION, INC. v. BARBER et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied October 9, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mills & Chasteen, P.C., Ben B. Mills, Jr., Fitzgerald, for appellant.

Walters, Davis & Pujadas, Thomas Edward Pujadas, Ocilla, for appellee.

HINES, Justice.

This is an appeal from the dismissal of an action in ejectment involving a dispute about church property. For the reasons which follow, we reverse the dismissal as the trial court erroneously determined that resolution of the dispute is an ecclesiastical matter.

Holiness Baptist Association, Inc. ("Association"), a corporation consisting of approximately twenty-five member churches, filed an action in ejectment against Barber and other members...

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