LeBlanc v. Lemaire

Citations

• 105 La. 539

Syllabus

<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>This case presents the question whether church property, part of which is a church site with buildings, another part a burial ground, owned as per deed of record by the “Pleasant Green Baptist Church,” an unincorporated religious society, is subject to partition at the instance of a minority of the congregation, among those who, at this time, claim membership in the church.</p> <p>Held — A minority of the congregation, under the case as presented, have no right to break up the church by forcing the sale of its property for purpose of partition on the plea of being owners in indivisión. While they may have certain property rights in the church holdings, they are not considered such owners in indivisión as give them a standing in court to provoke, against the will of the majority, a -partition of that which, by common understanding, intended to remain intact for the purpose of religious worship.</p>