Legal Opinion
MacEdono-bulgarian Orthodox Church Saint Clement Ohridski v. MacEdonian Patriotic Organization Fatherland
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided April 13, 1970No. Docket 5,079, 5,080PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBronson, J.
This is an appeal from summary judgments granted in the Wayne County Circuit Court.
On appeal two cases were consolidated. In one the Maeedono-Bulgarian Orthodox Church Saint Clement Ohridski, a subordinate hierarchical church, seeks to restrain its former priest, George Nicoloff, from attempting to conduct services in the premises allegedly owned by the church, and to restrain him from using any of the church’s real or personal property; and for an accounting. The complaint alleges that Nicoloff was defrocked by the church because he participated in a schismatic creation of a new hierarchy.
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2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Berkaw v. Mayflower Congregational ChurchMichigan Court of Appeals · 1969
3Cited by5 opinions
- Wiethoff v. St Veronica SchoolMichigan Court of Appeals · 1973
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- MacEdono-bulgarian Orthodox Church St. Clement Ohridski v. MacEdonian Patriotic Organizaton FatherlandMichigan Court of Appeals · 1970
- MacEdono-bulgarian Orthodox Church St. Clement Ohridski v. MacEdonian Patriotic Organizaton FatherlandMichigan Court of Appeals · 1970