Legal Opinion
Fry v. Emmanuel Churches of Christ, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided April 8, 1992PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LEWIS, Judge.
Appellant, Emmanuel Churches of Christ, Incorporated (ECOC), appeals from the Chancellor’s judgment divesting title to property out of ECOC and vesting title in appellees, the Trustees for Christian Fellowship Ministries.
The pertinent facts are as follows:
The First Apostolic Church, an unincorporated church group, owned real property (the property) consisting of a church building and a parsonage in Springfield, Tennessee. This religious body and its members, beginning in approximately 1970, had taken the names of the Springfield Pentecostal Church, the Oneness Pentecostal…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Williamson v. UpchurchCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1988
- Church of God in Christ, Inc. v. Middle City Church of God in ChristCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1989
- Pugh v. BurtonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1942
- Padgett v. VernerCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1963
- Harkins v. WellsCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1931
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Church of God in Christ, Inc. v. L.M. Haley Ministries, Inc.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 2016
- Emmanuel Churches of Christ v. Frances FosterCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2001
- The Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Tennessee v. The Rector, Wardens, and Vestrymen of St. Andrew's Parish, a Tennessee CorporationCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2012