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JONES MEM. BAPT. CH. v. BRACKEEN

416 Pa. 599 (1965)

Jones Memorial Baptist Church v. Brackeen, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 16, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus Scoville Watson, for appellant.

Robert N.C. Nix, Jr., with him Nix, Rhodes and Nix, for appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE JONES, March 16, 1965:

A regrettable controversy between a church and its pastor is the background of this appeal.

On January 23, 1964, the Jones Memorial Baptist Church, Philadelphia (Church), acting through the chairmen of its Board of Deacons and its Board of Trustees, instituted an equity action against the pastor of the Church, S. Amos Brackeen (pastor), in the Court of Common Pleas No. 2 of Philadelphia County. In its complaint...

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