Legal Opinion
Adickes v. Adkins
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided May 28, 1975No. 20020PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Littlejohn, Justice:
Prior to July 1, 1973, the entire membership of the First Presbyterian Church of Rock Hill (an eleemosynary corporation), and the church itself, was an integral part of Bethel Presbytery and of the Presbyterian Church in the United States. On July 1, 1973, certain members of the congregation of the First Presbyterian Church of Rock Hill, being dissatisfied with the Presbyterian Church in the United States, proposed a resolution which was adopted by a vote of 295 in favor and 87 against. That resolution recited that the congregation wished to free itself of its present…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Bramlett v. YoungSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1956
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