Sawyer v. Brandon


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Docket Number: 2000-CA-01843-SCT
Supreme Court: Opinion Date: 08-29-2002
Opinion Author: PITTMAN,
Holding: ON DIRECT APPEAL: REVERSED AND REMANDED. ON CROSS-APPEAL: AFFIRM
Additional Case Information: Judge(s) Concurring: SMITH, P.J., COBB, CARLSON AND GRAVES, JJ
Non Participating Judge(s): EASLEY, J.,
Dissenting Author : WALLER, J., CONCURS IN PART AND DISSENTS IN PART WITH SEPARATE WRITTEN
Dissent Joined By : DIAZ, J.
Concurs in Result Only: McRAE, P.J.,
Procedural History: Bench Trial
Nature of the Case: Real Property
Trial Court: Date of Trial Judgment: 10-24-2000
Appealed from: MONROE COUNTY CHANCERY COURT
Judge: John C. Ross, Jr.
Disposition: The chancellor divested the church of ownership of all real and personal property and ordered the chancery clerk to sell them to the highest bidder at an auction where representatives from both parties were the only bidders.
Note: The nature of this case involves the dissolution of a church due to tense hostility between the pastor and the deacons.
  Party Name: Attorney Name:  
Appellant: REVEREND JESSIE L. SAWYER AND EBERNEZER MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH




 CHARLES E. MILLER



  
Appellee: EZELL BRANDON, ROBERT WILSON, SAM STRAUGHTER, WILLIE SMITH, JAMES HILL AND FRANKIE L. QUINN GEORGE S. WHITTEN, JR. T. K. MOFFETT  


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