Legal Opinion

Way v. . Ramsey

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided November 17, 1926PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtAdams, J.

By filing a demurrer tbe defendants admit tbe plaintiff’s allegations and such inferences as may reasonably be drawn therefrom and present tbe question whether in law tbe complaint states a cause of action against all tbe defendants or against either of them. Sandlin v. Wilmington, 185 N. C., 257; Manning v. R. R., 188 N. C., 648, 663.

Under our statute law an organized body of men constituting a religious congregation is a quasi corporation witb power to appoint and remove its duly constituted officers and agents. Tbe acts of such officers and agents performed witbin tbe scope of delegated…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. St. James v. Bagley.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
  2. Sandlin v. City of WilmingtonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1923
  3. Manning v. Atlantic & Yadkin Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1924
  4. County of Caldwell v. GeorgeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1918
  5. Lord v. . HardieSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1880

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. DeWitt v. HutchinsDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 2004
  2. Walston v. R. B. Whitley & Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1946
  3. Jenkins v. City of HendersonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1938
  4. State v. . McCanlessSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1927
  5. Jenkins v. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran ChurchAppellate Court of Illinois · 2005

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