All Saints Parish Waccamaw v. Protestant Episcopal Church in Diocese

This case presents two questions that arise out of a dispute over church property and corporate control: (1) whether the trial court correctly determined that a trust deed, executed in 1745 for the establishment of a Parish in the Waccamaw Neck region of South Carolina, 1 remains valid; and (2) whether the trial court correctly determined that the vestry representing a minority group of the congregation were the officers of the congregation’s corporate entity, All Saints Parish, Waccamaw, Inc.

Factual/Procedural Background

Underlying this appeal are two lawsuits that were consolidated for trial…