Legal Opinion
Burgie v. Muench
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided February 26, 1940PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
On the afternoon of November 4, 1937, the plaintiff fell in the basement of the First Evangelical Reformed Zion’s Church of Toledo, hereinafter called the church, and sustained serious injuries and damages for which she brought this action against the defendants as trustees of the church, which is an unincorporated Christian religious society.
In the trial court the verdict of the jury was for the plaintiff, but that court granted defendants’ motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and entered final judgment for them from which this appeal on questions of law was taken. The granting of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Painesville Utopia Theatre Co. v. LautermilchOhio Supreme Court · 1928
- Flury v. Central Publishing House of Reformed Church in the United StatesOhio Supreme Court · 1928
- McKinley v. NiederstOhio Supreme Court · 1928
- Waddell v. Y. W. C. A.Ohio Supreme Court · 1938
- Rudy v. Lakeside HospitalOhio Supreme Court · 1926
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3Cited by8 opinions
- President & Directors of Georgetown College v. HughesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
- Margaret Pickford Egerton v. R. E. Lee Memorial Church, an Unincorporated AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1968
- De Mello v. Saint Thomas the Apostle Church Corp.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1960
- Springer v. Federated Church of Reno, Inc.Nevada Supreme Court · 1955
- Coolbaugh v. St. Peter's Roman Catholic ChurchSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1955
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