Court of Appeals of North Carolina June 17, 1986, No. 8520SC1358 (United Church of God, Inc. v. McLendon)

COZORT, Judge.

This is a civil action to recover church property allegedly wrongfully withheld by the defendants. In January 1960, the trustees of Mount Zion Baptist Church of Badin, North Carolina, conveyed a tract of land located in North Albemarle Township, Stanly County, North Carolina, at 800 Roosevelt Street to plaintiffs Arthur Robinson and Abram Cato and defendant Horace Mc-Lendon in