Legal Opinion
Fairmount Presbyterian Church, Inc. v. Presbytery of Holston of the Presbyterian Church of the United States
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided June 3, 1975PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GODDARD, Judge.
This appeal involves the right to possess and use certain church property.
The Fairmount Presbyterian Church was organized in 1948 by and in the Holston Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in the United States. In 1961 it was chartered under the laws of the State of Tennessee as the Fairmount Presbyterian Church, Inc., a corporation not for profit. The purpose clause of the Charter of the corporation reads:
The purpose of this corporation shall be the support of public worship, the building and maintenance of churches, parsonages, schools, hospitals, chapels, and such…
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