Case Name: Mountain Top Missionary Baptist Church v. McLarty et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1909-11-20
Citations: 133 Ga. 548
Docket Number: 
Parties: Mountain Top Missionary Baptist Church v. McLarty et al.
Judges: All. Uie Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 133
Pages: 548–548

Head Matter:
Mountain Top Missionary Baptist Church v. McLarty et al.
Argued June 10,
Decided November 20, 1909.
Trover. Before Judge Edwards. Douglas superior court. November 20, 1908.
Roberts & Hutcheson, for plaintiff.
J. 8. James, for defendants.

Opinion:
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.