WOOTEN v. CRAYTON

No. 05-P-41.

66 Mass. App. Ct. 187 (2006)

EUCLEY WOOTEN & others v. CORNELIA CRAYTON & others.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

April 24, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Berman for the plaintiffs.

William P. McGovern Jr. (James T. Scamby with him) for the defendants.

Present: Duffly, Smith, & Cohen, JJ.


COHEN, J.

In this case involving a dispute between two factions of a congregational church, we consider the plaintiffs' appeal from the dismissal, on jurisdictional grounds, of their complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief. The plaintiffs are ten long-standing members of Lincoln Congregational Church (LCC), an independent congregational parish located in Brockton. The defendants are the pastor and nine church...

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