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COVENANT PRESBYTERY v. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

No. CV-15-391.

489 S.W.3d 153 (2016)

2016 Ark. 138

COVENANT PRESBYTERY, Appellant Cross-Appellee v. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, Osceola, Arkansas, Appellee Cross-Appellant. Sun TrustBank, as Trustee Under the Will of Stanley D. Carpenter, Appellee Cross-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Opinion Delivered: March 31, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanford Law Firm, PLLC, by: Josh Sanford , for appellant.

Branch, Thompson, Warmath & Dale, P.A., Paragould, by: Robert F. Thompson III , for appellee First Baptist Church, Osceola.

Rose Law Firm, by: Craig S. Lair and Bourgon B. Reynolds , Little Rock, for appellee SunTrust Bank.

Covenant Presbytery appeals from a Mississippi County Circuit Court's order which applied the doctrine of cy pres to reform a trust. On direct appeal, Covenant Presbytery argues first that the circuit court erred in applying the cy pres doctrine because there was no charitable trust and because the...

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