Legal Opinion
Berkaw v. Mayflower Congregational Church
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided June 26, 1969No. Docket 5,892PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLesinski, C. J.
This is an appeal from summary and accelerated judgments granted to defendant, Mayflower Congregational Church, hy the Wayne county circuit court.
The action arose following a merger of the Evangelical and Reformed Churches and the Congregational Christian Churches into a new church, the United Church of Christ.* Pursuant to that merger, defendant local church, Mayflower Congregational Church, by a majority (253 to 204), voted to join the United Church of Christ.
Plaintiffs constitute the “faithful minority” of the Mayflower Congregational Church. They filed suit to quiet title to the realty…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Abington School Dist. v. SchemppSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Presbyterian Church in US v. Mary Elizabeth Blue Hull Memorial Presbyterian ChurchSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Davis v. ScherMichigan Supreme Court · 1959
- Berkaw v. Mayflower Congregational ChurchMichigan Supreme Court · 1966
- Berkaw v. Mayflower Congregational ChurchMichigan Court of Appeals · 1965
3Cited by8 opinions
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- Berkaw v. Mayflower Congregational ChurchMichigan Court of Appeals · 1969
- MacEdono-bulgarian Orthodox Church Saint Clement Ohridski v. MacEdonian Patriotic Organization FatherlandMichigan Court of Appeals · 1970
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