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PA. BAPTIST CONV. v. REG. BAPTIST CHURCH

377 Pa. 631 (1954)

Pennsylvania Baptist Convention v. Regular Baptist Church of Smethport, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 4, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. McVay, with him Robert B. Apple, James F. McVay and McVay & McVay, for appellants.

William D. Gallup, with him E.G. Potter, Robert J. Healy, Romain C. Hassrick and Gallup, Potter & Gallup, for appellee.

Before STERN, C.J., JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, June 4, 1954:

The plaintiff and the defendant in this case are both religious organizations, but the subject of the lawsuit is a very mundane one: real estate.

On July 18, 1940, the defendant, Regular Baptist Church of Smethport, turned over to the plaintiff, The Pennsylvania Baptist Convention, a deed for the property used as a parsonage for the Smethport Church. On the following day the Convention deeded back the same property...

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