Legal Opinion
Masterson v. Diocese of Northwest Texas
Texas Supreme Court
Decided August 30, 2013No. 11-0332PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Johnson
in which Justice HECHT, Justice GREEN, Justice GUZMAN, and Justice DEVINE joined, and in parts I, II, III-A, and V of which Justice WILLETT and Justice BOYD joined.
The question before us is what happens to the property when a majority of the membership of a local church votes to withdraw from the larger religious body of which it has been a part. In this case, title to property of the local church is held by a Texas non-profit corporation originally named The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd (corporation or Good Shepherd). The corporation was formed as a condition of Good Shepherd’s…
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