Legal Opinion
In Re Church of St. James the Less
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 29, 2005No. 47 E.D. Appeal Docket 2004PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice NIGRO.
The issue presented in this appeal is whether the property of the Church of St. James the Less (“St. James”) is subject to *431a trust interest in favor of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Diocese of Pennsylvania (the “Diocese”). The Commonwealth Court concluded that St. James’ property was subject to such a trust and we now agree with that conclusion.
St. James was founded in April 1846 when a group of Episcopalians met and decided to form a new Episcopal church named St. James the Less in what-is-now the East Falls section of Philadelphia. See Exh. P-57 at 3. In…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Maryland & Virginia Eldership of the Churches of God v. Church of God at Sharpsburg, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
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