Georgia Court of Appeals
Beulah Johnson et al.. v. Jane E. Thomas
A16A0386
June 23, 2016
Affirmed
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What the court decided
The legal issue involved whether a deed transferring church property to Bethel Church circumvented the Book of Discipline requiring property to be held in trust for the national church. The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's ruling that the property was held in trust for CME, regardless of the timing or intent behind the 1996 deed.