Switzerland General Insurance v. Conoway

Dee-n, Judge.

1. Deeds of conveyance to trustees or other persons for the use of a church or religious society vest, the interest conveyed to be held in the church or its trustees for its use according to the mode of church government or rules of discipline exercised by such churches or religious societies respectively, the trustees being subject to the authority of such church or society according to the rules of discipline by which it may be governed. Code §§ 22-409, 22-410. The general rule is that “a trustee of church property ordinarily has no power to convey the trust estate unless such…