Roundtree v. Fletcher

Citations

• 109 Miss. 830
• 69 So. 689

Syllabus

<p>Religious Societies. Officers. Elections. Injunctions.</p> <p>Where a faction in a church congregation obtained a temporary mandatory injunction, giving them the right “to the possession of the church property and the offices of the church so that they might at any time occupy said property for religious purposes, and for the purpose of conducting religious worship,” and on the same day that such order was granted, the faction . entered the church, and held an election for a pastor and other officers, although such day was not the recognized meeting day of the congregation, and although a pastor and other officers elected previously by the remainder of the congregation still held their offices, in .such case the faction was not authorized, under the injunction granted, to hold a church election without notice and the officers so elected were not thereby . constituted the duly elected officers of the church.</p>