Unincorporated Congregation
Unincorporated Congregation, Actions, Interest
From the book The Clergyman’s Hand-book of Law, about Unincorporated Congregation, Actions, Interest (1): An unincorporated congregation may be sued on contract in its associate capacity, though no persons are namedas trustees or committeeman.392 In all actions by or against a congregation the civil courts will not permit suits to be brought by complainants who have no interest either legal or equitable in the temporalities of the church.393 A suit against a society of Shakers consisting of indefinite membership with changing additions, withdrawals, and deaths, whose property is held in common without any individual interest, may properly be brought in equity as the remedy at law would be inadequate.394
Resources
Notes and References
- Charles M. Scanlan, The Clergyman’s Hand-book of Law. The Law of Church and Grave (1909), Benziger Brothers, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago
See Also
- Religion
- Church
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