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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH v. EASTERN &c. CHURCH

24366, 24367.

224 Ga. 61 (1968)

159 S.E.2d 690

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES et al. v. EASTERN HEIGHTS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES et al. v. MARY ELIZABETH BLUE HULL MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 18, 1968.

Rehearing Denied February 12, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank S. Cheatham, Jr., for appellants.

Owen H. Page, Richard T. Cowan, Frank B. Zeigler, for appellees.

GRICE, Justice.

The issue here is whether two local Presbyterian churches, in withdrawing from the general organization, are entitled to the local church properties. It stems from claims by the local churches that the general church has abandoned the fundamental tenets of faith and practice existing when the local churches affiliated with it.

This litigation began on May 26, 1966, when Mary Elizabeth Blue Hull Memorial...

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