Sutter v. Dutch Church
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal in Equity from the decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia.
1Opinion of the Court
The facts of the ease, together with the opinion of a majority of the court, by Chief Justice Lowbie, will be found in 6th Wright’s Bep. page 503.
Erom this decision Mr. Justice Thompson dissented, and held *337that a majority of a religious congregation have power to dissolve their connection or union with a denomination with which they have connected themselves after their organization, and filed the following dissenting opinion :—
Thompson, J.
I cannot agree to a judgment of affirmation in either of the above cases, and it is due to the profession as well as to myself that the reasons for my…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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