Legal Opinion
Froelich v. Rowley
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided May 9, 1958PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRELL, Chief Justice.
This litigation grew out of a schism in the Presbyterian Church of Maitland, Florida, the material aspects of which were very similar to those presented in St. John’s Presbytery v. Central Presbyterian Church of St. Petersburg, Fla., 102 So.2d 714.
A class suit was brought in the Circuit Court of Orange County November 7, 1956, by representatives of St. John’s Presbytery, a Judicatory of the Presbyterian Church in the United States against certain persons representing Maitland Presbyterian Church, who had withdrawn from the parent church and claimed title to the church…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- St. John's Presbytery v. Central Presbyterian Church of St. PetersburgSupreme Court of Florida · 1958
- All Florida Surety Co. v. CokerSupreme Court of Florida · 1955
3Cited by4 opinions
- Mills v. BaldwinSupreme Court of Florida · 1978
- Baldwin v. MillsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1977
- City of St. Petersburg v. WallSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
- Polar Ice Cream & Creamery Co. v. AndrewsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1964