Conference of African Union First Colored Methodist Protestant Church v. Shell

SMITH, Judge.

The question presented in this appeal is whether Appellants Reverend Willie E. Shell and St. Paul’s African Union First Colored Methodist Protestant Church of Lancaster (St. Paul’s), a local church, held their church real property in trust for the Conference of African Union First Colored Methodist Protestant Church (Conference), a religious denomination, and were therefore required to execute and to deliver a quit claim deed transferring title of the property to the Conference.1 The Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County issued its order on October 19, 1992 denying…