Courts are reluctant to interpose in questions affecting the management of the temporalities of a church; but, when property is devoted to a specific doctrine or purpose, the courts will prevent it from being diverted from the trust. (Civil Code 1895, § 2362; Civil Code 1910, § 2835; Code 1933, § 22-408; Code 1933, § 22-5506, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 565, § 1.) History of Code section. — The language of this Code section is derived in part from the decision in Bates v. Houston, 66 Ga. 198 (1880).
Interference by courts with management of church
O.C.G.A. § 14-5-45 — under Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations.
O.C.G.A. § 14-5-45