NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH v. SNEADS CHURCH

No. 1D12-2603.

147 So.3d 25 (2013)

The NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH OF GOD, INC., Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. SNEADS COMMUNITY CHURCH, INC., a Florida Not-for-Profit Corporation, James H. Lewis a/k/a J.H. Lewis, and Clara M. Lewis, his Wife, Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied October 18, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard S. Marks and Jessica K. Hew of Burr & Forman LLP, Orlando, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

H. Guy Green of Green Law Firm; Frank A. Baker and Kathryn Michelle Blankenship Tagert of Baker, Mercer & Young, Marianna, for Appellees/Cross-Appellants.


ROBERTS, J.

This appeal involves the ownership of a piece of real property housing a church in Jackson County, Florida. After a jury trial, title was quieted in favor of the appellee, Sneads Community Church, Inc. (SCC). The appellant, New Jerusalem Church of God, Inc. (NJC, Inc.), raises several issues on appeal. Primarily, it argues that the trial court erred in denying its motions for directed verdict and judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) on the grounds...

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