Legal Opinion
Carnes v. Smith
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 6, 1976No. 30301Published
1Opinion of the Court
236 Ga. 30 (1976)
222 S.E.2d 322
CARNES et al.
v.
SMITH et al.
30301.
Supreme Court of Georgia.
Submitted September 8, 1975.
Decided January 6, 1976.
Rehearing Denied January 27, 1976.
Paul S. Weiner, for appellants.
Kilpatrick, Cody, Rogers, McClatchey & Regenstein, Ernest P. Rogers, Thomas K. McWhorter, for appellees.
HALL, Justice.
This appeal involves a dispute over church property between the local members of the Noah's Ark Methodist, now Independent, Church and the general church, The United Methodist Church. The facts are undisputed. Noah's Ark Methodist Church was established in 1852, when the…
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