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First Methodist Church of Union Springs v. Scott

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided September 4, 1969No. 4 Div. 269PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COLEMAN, Justice.

Complainants appeal from a decree denying relief to complainants and declaring that respondents have title to the real estate involved in the suit, impressed, however, with a trust for religious uses.

The record contains more than five hundred pages. Exhibits include four books, to wit: Doctrines and Discipline of the Methodist Church, 1960; idem, 1962; Journal of the Alabama-West Florida Conference, 1963; and 1960 Journal of the 1960 General Conference of the Methodist Church. These exhibits embody more than three thousand printed pages. There are also other papers and…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Rochin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  2. National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  3. Shelley v. KraemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  4. Everson v. Board of Ed. of EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  5. Murdock v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1943

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Metzger Brothers, Inc. v. FriedmanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1971
  2. Sustar v. WilliamsMississippi Supreme Court · 1972
  3. In re Multi-Circuit Episcopal Church Property LitigationFairfax County Circuit Court · 2008
  4. Metzger Brothers, Inc. v. FriedmanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1971

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