Legal Opinion
Independent Methodist Episcopal Church v. Davis
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 31, 1950PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Sullivan, J.
These actions, transferred to the Superior Court from the Court of Common Pleas, are concerned with funds on deposit in Hartford banks and with three parcels of land used for religious purposes. The objective of the first suit, instituted originally against the Reverend Daniel D. Davis, pastor of the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Hartford, with whom several others were subsequently joined as parties defendant, is to obtain a declaratory judgment determining the ownership of the real and personal property as well as injunctive relief and damages. The second action was brought by…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Watson v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Styles v. TylerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1894
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1938
- Kurtz v. FarringtonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1926
- Christian Church of Sand Creek v. Church of Christ of Sand CreekIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- New York Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church v. FisherSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- O'BRIEN v. Board of Tax ReviewSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
- Rector, Wardens & Vestrymen of Trinity-St. Michael's Parish, Inc. v. Episcopal Church in the DioceseSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
- African Methodist Episcopal Church v. JenkinsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1953
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