Legal Opinion
Jones v. Wolf
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 4, 1978No. 33126PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Nichols, Chief Justice.
This is a title dispute arising over which faction retains the property in a church schism.
On May 27, 1973, a resolution was presented to the congregation of the Vineville Presbyterian Church of Macon seeking to withdraw the church and its property from any affiliation with the Augusta-Macon Presbytery and the Presbyterian Church in the United States and to become an independent, self-governing church pending formation of a new Presbyterian organization and denomination. With a quorum present, the resolution carried by a vote of 165 to 94.
On the same day the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Presbyterian Church in US v. Mary Elizabeth Blue Hull Memorial Presbyterian ChurchSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Carnes v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Presbyterian Church in United States v. Eastern Heights Presbyterian ChurchSupreme Court of Georgia · 1969
3Cited by19 opinions
- Jones v. WolfSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Presbytery of Beaver-Butler v. Middlesex Presbyterian ChurchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Crumbley v. SolomonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
- TRINITY PRESBYTERIAN, ETC. v. TankersleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1979
- Protestant Episcopal Church v. BarkerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1981
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