Legal Opinion
General Convention of the New Jerusalem in the United States of America, Inc. v. MacKenzie
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided July 26, 2006No. 05-P-521PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreenberg, J.
A by-law of the congregational3 Boston Society of the New Jerusalem, Incorporated (Swedenborgian) (the local church), directs that “[i]n the event that the [local church] shall cease to exist, all funds and holdings shall be transferred to the General Convention of the New Jerusalem in the United States of America” (the General Convention). The question put is whether, thus phrased, a “vote of disaffiliation” by a majority of the members of the local church establishes claims for relief against the local church on behalf of the General Convention to recover church assets. There are subsidiary…
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