Legal Opinion
St. John's-St. Luke Evangelical Church v. Nat'l Bank of Detroit
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided August 20, 1979No. Docket 78-2178PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBeasley, P.J.
Plaintiff, St. John’s-St. Luke Evangelical Church, United Church of Christ, is the merged successor to St. John’s Church which was founded in Detroit in 1833 and is reputed to be the oldest German congregation in Detroit. The church has been located at Gratiot and Russell Avenues since 1874.
The church was named in a 1944 trust created by William Pagel and Mary E. Pagel and received payments from defendant, National Bank of Detroit, the trustee, from 1965 through 1970. After payments ceased, plaintiff church started an equitable action against the trustee in 1974, joining the Attorney General…
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