Legal Opinion
Trustees of Peninsula Annual Conference of Methodist Church, Inc. v. Spencer
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided July 18, 1962PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Seitz, Chancellor:
This is the decision on a motion to intervene in this action by certain members of the congregation of the Grace Methodist Church of Milton, Delaware.
The facts and circumstances under which this motion arises are as follows: There exists in the United States a national church known as The Methodist Church. The Church is organized on the presby-teral system of church government with each local church or congregation irrevocably connected to the others and each local church being an integral part of the parent body. The internal structure of the Church is hierarchically…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Read v. Tidewater Coal Exchange, Inc.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1922
- Delaware Land & Development Co. v. First & Central Presbyterian ChurchSupreme Court of Delaware · 1929
- Trustees of Pencader Presbyterian Church v. GibsonSupreme Court of Delaware · 1941
- Reformed Church v. . SchoolcraftNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Gibson v. Trustees of Pencader Presbyterian ChurchCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1939
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Carnes v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Barr v. United Methodist ChurchCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1979
- East Lake Methodist Episcopal Church, Inc. v. Trustees of the Peninsula-Delaware Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1999
- Trustees of Peninsula Annual Conference v. SpencerCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1962
- Carnes v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976