Legal Opinion
In Re Church of St. James the Less
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 7, 2003PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge SMITH-RIBNER.
The Church of St. James the Less (Church), Karl H. Spaeth, Gary E. Sugden, Becky S. Wilhoite and Robert Snead appeal from an order of the Orphans’ Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County that, inter alia, voided the attempted merger between the Church and a corporation known as the CJSL Foundation (Foundation), directed the return of parish property to the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania (Diocese) as well as the removal of individual Appellants as vestrymen of the Church and ordered an accounting to assess damages related to bringing…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
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