Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Petro v. Cincinnati, C-060186 (4-20-2007)
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided April 20, 2007No. C-060186PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
{¶ 1} This case presents the question of who is responsible for the care and maintenance of a cemetery.
{¶ 2} Wesleyan Cemetery of Cincinnati ("Wesleyan"), an Ohio nonprofit corporation affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church, was incorporated by an act of the General Assembly in 1843. Wesleyan was a charitable trust whose corporate officers also acted as its trustees.
{¶ 3} In 1989, Wesleyan's board of directors amended the existing articles of incorporation and formed a new corporation that was no longer affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1995, Robert Merkle…
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- C. E. Morris Co. v. Foley Construction Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1978
- State ex rel. Lee v. MontgomeryOhio Supreme Court · 2000
- Kingdom v. SaxbeAshtabula County Probate Court · 1958
- King v. City of ShelbyOhio Court of Appeals · 1931
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