Legal Opinion
Atkins v. Walker
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided December 12, 1973No. 69PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAKE, Justice.
In Reid v. Johnston, 241 N.C. 201, 85 S.E. 2d 114 (1954), this Court affirmed a judgment to the effect that a minority of the members of the North Rocky Mount Missionary Baptist Church were the true congregation thereof and' entitled, ■ as against the majority, to the use and possession of the church property. Speaking through Justice Parker, later Chief Justice, the Court recognized that, “nothing else appearing,” the majority of the members of a self-governing Missionary Baptist church is entitled to control the church property. The Court then said:
“While it is true the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Everson v. Board of Ed. of EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Presbyterian Church in US v. Mary Elizabeth Blue Hull Memorial Presbyterian ChurchSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Gonzalez v. Roman Catholic Archbishop of ManilaSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Reid v. JohnstonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1954
- State v. PrevetteCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1979
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Harris v. MatthewsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2007
- Reid v. GholsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1985
- Tubiolo v. Abundant Life Church, Inc.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 2004
- From the Heart Church Ministries, Inc. v. African Methodist Episcopal Zion ChurchCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2002
- Graffam v. WraySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
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