Supreme Court of Georgia, 1909

Mountain Top Missionary Baptist Church v. McLarty

Mountain Top Missionary Baptist Church v. McLarty
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided November 20, 1909 · Evans
133 Ga. 548; 66 S.E. 243; 1909 Ga. LEXIS 270

Mountain Top Missionary Baptist Church v. McLarty

Opinion of the Court

Evans, P. J.

An action in tort is not maintainable by a cliurcli incorporated under the Civil Code, §2357, in its corporate name, against some of its former members, to recover the value of property ■which belonged to the members of the church and which had been illegally converted to other uses by the defendants, prior to the incorporation of the church.

Judgment affirmed.

All. Uie Justices concur.

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