Legal Opinion
Norfolk Presbytery v. Bollinger
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 14, 1974No. Record 8241PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCochran, J.
The congregation of Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church in Hampton, on July 23, 1972, voted to sever its connection with The Norfolk Presbytery and The Presbyterian Church in the United States and to become an independent and autonomous church. On September 22, 1972, the Trustees of Grace Covenant, pursuant to a resolution unanimously approved at another congregational meeting, filed their petition in the trial court praying that they be permitted to convey the real estate which they held for the church, comprising the property used for a church and elementary school and parsonage property, to…
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