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FORBES RD. UN. CH. & S.S. v. SALVATION ARMY

381 Pa. 249 (1955)

Forbes Road Union Church and Sunday School v. Salvation Army, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 18, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christ C. Walthour, Jr., with him George E. Berry, Jr., for appellant.

A.C. Scales, with him Scales & Shaw, for appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ALLEN M. STEARNE, April 18, 1955:

The appeal is from a decree in equity directing a religious corporation to deed a church edifice to another church corporation. One Judge dissented. The litigation arises from a dispute among the congregation of an undenominational church and Sunday school.

The facts are largely undisputed. The small village of Forbes Road is located in Westmoreland County a number of miles distant from Greensburg. Practically...

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