Mt. Nebo Missionary Baptist Church v. Glee

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Mt. Nebo Missionary Baptist Church v. Glee

14 So. 3d 1080, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 6924, 2009 WL 1533014

CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida

DecidedJune 3, 2009

Docket1D07-6359

StatusPublished

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Mt. Nebo Missionary Baptist Church v. Glee, 14 So. 3d 1080, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 6924, 2009 WL 1533014 (Fla. Ct. App. 2009).

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WOLF, J.

The trial court erred in finding that it had personal jurisdiction over Mt. Nebo Missionary Baptist Church (Mt. Nebo). The complaint in the instant case sought reinstatement of appellee as a deacon at Mt. Nebo. The complaint was served only on the three named appellants. There is no allegation in the complaint that these appellants have the authority to act on behalf of Mt. Nebo to reinstate appellee as a deacon of the church.

As this court found in Walton-Okaloosa-Santa Rosa Medical Society v. Spires, 153 So.2d 325 (Fla. 1st DCA 1963), an injunction issued against an unincorporated association, whose individual members were not served notice, is not binding on that association. Here, it is uncontested that Mt. Nebo was an unincorporated association and that its individual members were not served notice. Therefore, the trial court did not have personal jurisdiction over Mt. Nebo, and the trial court’s order that appellee be “reinstated as a deacon in the Defendant/Church” is not binding on Mt. Nebo.

We, therefore, reverse the order of enforcement against Mt. Nebo and direct that the trial court grant appellants’ motion to quash the purported service on the church.

HAWKES, C.J., and KAHN, J., concur.

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WOLF, J.

The trial court erred in finding that it had personal jurisdiction over Mt. Nebo Missionary Baptist Church (Mt. Nebo). The complaint in the instant case sought reinstatement of appellee as a deacon at Mt. Nebo. The complaint was served only on the three named appellants. There is no allegation in the complaint that these appellants have the authority to act on behalf of Mt. Nebo to reinstate appellee as a deacon of the church.

As this court found in Walton-Okaloosa-Santa Rosa Medical Society v. Spires, 153 So.2d 325 (Fla. 1st DCA 1963), an injunction issued against an unincorporated association, whose individual members were not served notice, is not binding on that association. Here, it is uncontested that Mt. Nebo was an unincorporated association and that its individual members were not served notice. Therefore, the trial court did not have personal jurisdiction over Mt. Nebo, and the trial court’s order that appellee be “reinstated as a deacon in the Defendant/Church” is not binding on Mt. Nebo.

We, therefore, reverse the order of enforcement against Mt. Nebo and direct that the trial court grant appellants’ motion to quash the purported service on the church.

HAWKES, C.J., and KAHN, J., concur.

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