Legal Opinion

Forbes Road Union Church & Sunday School v. Salvation Army

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 18, 1955No. Appeal, No. 174PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Allen M. Stearns,

The appeal is from a decree in equity directing a religious corporation to deed a church edifice to another church corporation. One Judge dissented. The litigation arises from a dispute among, the congregation of. an undenominational church. and Sunday school.

The facts are largely undisputed. The small village of Forbes Road is located in Westmoreland County a number of miles distant from Greensburg. Practically all the male residents of. the village are employed by *251the Jamison Coal & Coke Company, a mining corporation operating in or adjacent to the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Gianni v. Russell Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  2. Hartley v. LangkampSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
  3. Hamberg v. BarskySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
  4. General Casmir Pulaski Building & Loan Ass'n v. Provident Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
  5. Fineman v. CutlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Scientific Living, Inc. v. HohenseeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
  2. Reifsnyder v. Pittsburgh Outdoor Advertising Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  3. McClaney v. ScottSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
  4. Dalo v. Bastress, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Mercer County1961
  5. Musmanno v. EldredgeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955

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