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IN RE GODWIN

No. 04-08-00933-CV.

293 S.W.3d 742 (2009)

In re Rick GODWIN and Eagle's Nest Christian Fellowship Church, Inc. n/k/a Summit Christian Center.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

June 10, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura A. Cavaretta, Bridget A. Douglass, Jerry A. Gibson, Plunkett & Gibson, Inc., Jonathan D. Pauerstein, Nathan A. Ketterling, Tuggey Rosenthal Pauerstein Sandoloski Agather, San Antonio, TX, for Appellant.

Cynthia Olson Bourland, Anna L. Eby, Law Firm of Cindy Olson Bourland, P.C., Round Rock, TX, Gary L. Richardson, Richardson Law Firm, Tulsa, OK, Sara M. Foskitt, Merica & Bourland, P.C., Austin, TX, for Appellee.

Sitting: CATHERINE STONE, Chief Justice, REBECCA SIMMONS, Justice, and STEVEN C. HILBIG, Justice.

OPINION

Opinion by: CATHERINE STONE, Chief Justice.

In this mandamus proceeding we must determine whether the trial court properly assumed jurisdiction over a dispute between an individual and his former pastor and church. The individual, Larry Nail, contends the dispute involves a purely secular tort action and that the trial court thus had subject matter jurisdiction. The pastor, Rick Godwin, and his church...

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