IN RE CHURCH OF ST. JAMES THE LESS


833 A.2d 319 (2003)

In Re CHURCH OF ST. JAMES THE LESS. Appeal of The Church of St. James The Less, Karl H. Spaeth, Gary E. Sugden, Becky S. Wilhoite and Robert Snead.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 7, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome Shestack, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Mary E. Kohart, Philadelphia, for appellee.

BEFORE: COLINS, President Judge, McGINLEY, Judge, SMITH-RIBNER, Judge, FRIEDMAN, Judge, LEADBETTER, Judge, SIMPSON, Judge, and LEAVITT, Judge.


OPINION BY Judge SMITH-RIBNER.

The Church of St. James the Less (Church), Karl H. Spaeth, Gary E. Sugden, Becky S. Wilhoite and Robert Snead appeal from an order of the Orphans' Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County that, inter alia, voided the attempted merger between the Church and a corporation known as the CJSL Foundation (Foundation), directed the return of parish property to the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania (Diocese)...

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