Legal Opinion
Prince v. Firmin
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 23, 1993No. 92-CV-743Published
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
This case is before us for a second time and again requires a ruling on an obscure section of our statutory law dealing with the dissolution of certain religious societies. That section, D.C.Code § 29-911 (1991), reads:
Upon the dissolution of any society or congregation the estate and property of such society or congregation shall revert back to the persons, their heirs, and assigns who may have given or contributed to the purchase of or payment for the same, according to their respective rights.
In Prince v. Firmin, 584 A.2d 8 (D.C.1990) (“Prince /”) we held that the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Late Corp. of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Davis v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
- Prince v. FirmanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Mission v. RichardsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1934