Legal Opinion
Davis v. Scher
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided June 5, 1959No. Docket 20, Calendar 47,666PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKavanagh, J.
Plaintiffs-appellants are members of Congregation Beth Tefilas Moses, a Jewish syna gogue located in the city of Mt. Clemens in Macomb county, Michigan. The defendants-appellees constitute the board of trustees of the congregation.
The congregation was founded in the year 1911 and was incorporated under PA 1897, No 209, as an ecclesiastical corporation. The charter of the corporation lapsed for failure to file reports in 1934 and the congregation has continued as an unincorporated association down to the present time. The original constitution was adopted in 1918 and was printed in Yiddish.…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- First Protestant Reformed Church v. DeWolfMichigan Supreme Court · 1956
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3Cited by24 opinions
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