WILFRED JOSEPH, LEROY ELLIS NO. 2024 CW 1235 AND BERNARD COLEMAN, APPEARING BOTH INDIVIDUALLY AND AS TRUSTEES OF THE NEW MAGNOLIA BAPTIST CHURCH

VERSUS DECEMBER 16, 2024 REVEREND JOHN SCOTT

In Re: Wilfred Joseph, Leroy Ellis and Bernard Coleman appearing both individually and as Trustees of the New Magnolia Baptist Church, applying for supervisory writs, 32nd Judicial District Court, Parish of Terrebonne, No. 200923.

BEFORE: McCLENDON, WELCH, AND LANIER, JJ.

STAY DENIED; WRIT GRANTED WITH ORDER. The district court' s December 11, 2024 order granting intervenors' Motion and Order For Approval of Church Expenditures is vacated. Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure art. provides that if an order applied for by written motion is one to which the mover is not clearly entitled, or which requires supporting proof, the motion shall be served on and tried contradictorily with the adverse party. This matter is remanded to the district court with instructions to conduct a hearing on intervenors' motion in accordance with art. 963.

PMC JEW WIL

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

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