Legal Opinion
First Born Church of Living God v. First Born Church of Living God
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided June 12, 1945PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, J.:
Although adherents ( of the appellant-church are parties litigant it will not be necessary to refer to those individuals, but only to the organizations themselves, in the singular, as we comment upon the issues; and to minimize confusion because of the similarity of names we shall italicize in each instance the article “the”, when alluding to the appellee.
The First Born Church of the Living God became a corporation in the State of Georgia by decree of the Superior Court of Ware County 14 May 1913, and 21 March 1939 was authorized by the Secretary of State of Florida to carry on…
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