Korean United Presbyterian Church v. Presbytery of the Pacific

Opinion

WOODS (Fred), J.

Appeal by defendants and cross-complainants, bodies of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), from a judgment (partial) 1 of the Los Angeles County Superior Court in favor of plaintiff, cross-defendant and respondent, Korean United Presbyterian Church of Los Angeles, the Honorable Dion G. Morrow, Judge presiding. Reversed.

I

Introduction

On this appeal we are called upon to decide the central question of whether the trial court made its judgment awarding the subject church property to the Korean United Presbyterian Church of Los Angeles, then controlled by a dissident faction…