Rector, Wardens and Vestrymen of Christ Church in Savannah, et al. v. Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia, Inc., et al.

Docket NumberS10G1909
Decision Date21 November 2011

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  • Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of S.C. v. Episcopal Church
    • United States
    • South Carolina Supreme Court
    • August 2, 2017
    ...v. Mote, 716 P.2d 85, 108–09 (Colo. 1986) ; Rector, Wardens, Vestrymen of Christ Church in Savannah v. Bishop of Episcopal Diocese of Georgia, Inc., 290 Ga. 95, 718 S.E.2d 237, 254 (2011) ; Daniel v. Wray, 158 N.C.App. 161, 580 S.E.2d 711, 719 (2003) ; Episcopal Diocese of Rochester v. Harn......
  • Presbytery of Greater Atlanta, Inc. v. Timberridge Presbyterian Church, Inc.
    • United States
    • Georgia Supreme Court
    • December 8, 2011
    ...Rector, etc., of Christ Church v. Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Ga., 305 Ga.App. 87, 90–92, 699 S.E.2d 45 (2010), aff'd 290 Ga. 95, 718 S.E.2d 237 (2011). Compare Harris v. Brown, 124 Ga. 310, 314, 52 S.E. 610 (1905) (holding that OCGA § 14–5–46's predecessor applied only to deeds conv......
  • Masterson v. Diocese Texas
    • United States
    • Texas Supreme Court
    • March 21, 2014
    ...v. Ohev Sholom Talmud Torah, 869 A.2d 343, 354 (D.C.2005); Rector, Wardens, Vestrymen of Christ Church in Savannah v. Bishop of Epis. Diocese, 290 Ga. 95, 718 S.E.2d 237, 241 (2011); Gospel Tabernacle Body of Christ Church v. Peace Publishers & Co., 211 Kan. 420, 506 P.2d 1135, 1138 (1973);......
  • Masterson v. Diocese of Nw. Tex.
    • United States
    • Texas Supreme Court
    • August 30, 2013
    ...v. Ohev Sholom Talmud Torah, 869 A.2d 343, 354 (D.C. 2005); Rector, Wardens, Vestrymen of Christ Church in Savannah v. Bishop of Epis. Diocese, 718 S.E.2d 237, 241 (Ga. 2011); Gospel Tabernacle Body of Christ Church v. Peace Publishers & Co., 506 P.2d 1135, 1138 (Kan. 1973); Fluker Cmty. Ch......
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2 books & journal articles
  • 2011 Georgia Corporation and Business Organization Case Law Developments
    • United States
    • State Bar of Georgia Georgia Bar Journal No. 17-7, June 2012
    • Invalid date
    ...719 S.E.2d 446 (2011) and Rector, Wardens and Vestrymen of Christ Church in Savannah v. Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia Inc., 290 Ga. 95, 718 S.E.2d 237 (2011), the Supreme Court of Georgia employed the "neutral principles" doctrine and legal rules of general application, local c......
  • Real Property
    • United States
    • Mercer University School of Law Mercer Law Reviews No. 64-1, September 2012
    • Invalid date
    ...supra note 1, at 313-16.53. Rector, Wardens & Vestrymen of Christ Church in Savannah v. Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia, Inc., 290 Ga. 95, 718 S.E.2d 237 (2011).54. Id. at 96, 718 S.E.2d at 241.55. Id. at 96-97, 718 S.E.2d at 241.56. Id. at 97, 718 S.E.2d at 241. 57. Id.58. O.C.G......