Calvary Baptist Church v. Shay
Michigan Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtBushnell, C. J.
Plaintiff corporation appeals from a decree which granted some of the relief sought in its "bill of complaint. A division in the Calvary Baptist Church of Port Huron brought about the expulsion of some of its members and the incorporation by its pastor and others of a second Michigan corporation of the same name on June 2, 1938. Plaintiff incorporated as a Baptist church in 1900, became a member of the Pluron Baptist Association and the Michigan Baptist Convention, and has remained such continuously from that time to the present. It acquired title to its real property by deed from the First…
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