Legal Opinion
Tea v. Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided April 30, 1980No. 11378PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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By the Court, Mowbray, C. J.:
This is a declaratory judgment action to determine title to church property. The trial court concluded that respondents, the Episcopal Diocese of Nevada and the Bishop of Nevada, had the right to control property held in the name of a local church and therefore decreed that respondents were entitled to possession of the property. This appeal followed; we affirm.
The real property in question is the church of St. Christopher in Boulder City (together with insurance proceeds collected as a result of a fire in the church building). The property was originally…
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