Legal Opinion
Bennison v. Sharp
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided December 6, 1982No. Docket 58097PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWahls, J.
This is a church property dispute which arose when a majority of the members of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church of Grand Rapids seceded from the general church with which St. Paul’s is affiliated, the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (PECUSA), formed St. Paul’s Anglican Catholic Church and affiliated with the Anglican Catholic Church.
Plaintiff Bennison, Bishop of the Diocese of Western Michigan of PECUSA, and plaintiffs Jones and Henry, wardens of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, commenced this action on May 13, 1980, seeking to enjoin defendants from transferring church…
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