Trustees of the Diocese v. Trustees of the Diocese
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was a controversy, submitted to the Court without action, as allowed by the statute {The Code, § 376), and tried before Graves, J, at February Term, 1889, of the Superior Court of Waice.
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This was a controversy, submitted to the Court without action, as allowed by the statute {The Code, § 376), and tried before Graves, J, at February Term, 1889, of the Superior Court of Waice. The following is a copy of the case agreed upon : The parties above named, plaintiffs and defendants, claiming rights and interests which are mutually disputed and denied, and desiring to have the same legally and amicably settled and adjusted, do submit to your Honor this controversy without action, upon the facts hereinafter stated, which are mutually admitted and agreed: 1. That the Protestant…
1Opinion of the CourtMerbimoN, J.
(after stating the case). The Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States is an organized body of Christian people, and in its ecclesiastical organization it has a constitution, canons, rules and regulations for its government. It is divided into Dioceses, each designated by an appropriate name, and having greater or less territorial extent. It has existed in this State for a long period of time — about a hundred years —and prior to 1883, the whole territory of this State was designated as the Diocese of North Carolina. Under the statute (The Code, § 3065), the church thus organized was…
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