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HAWKINS v. FRIENDSHIP MISSIONARY BAPTIST

No. 14-01-00138-CV.

69 S.W.3d 756 (2002)

Milford HAWKINS, Robert McGowan, and Henry Smith, Appellants, v. FRIENDSHIP MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, and Leroy J. Bailey, Individually and as Chairman of the Church Body, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

February 7, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth H. Kelling, Huntsville, for appellants.

Donald L. Kraemen, Huntsville, for appellees.

Panel consists of Justices YATES, EDELMAN, and WITTIG.

MAJORITY OPINION

RICHARD H. EDELMAN, Justice.

In this church governance dispute, Milford Hawkins, Robert McGowan, and Henry Smith (collectively, the "Deacons") appeal a temporary injunction entered in favor of the Friendship Missionary Baptist Church (the "Church") and Leroy J. Bailey, individually and as Chairman of the Church body (collectively, "Bailey"), on the grounds that the trial court: (1) lacked subject matter jurisdiction over this ecclesiastical...

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