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ST. JOHN'S PRESBYTERY v. CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF ST. PETERSBURG

102 So.2d 714 (1958)

ST. JOHN'S PRESBYTERY, a corporation, et al., acting as the Session of Central Presbyterian Church of St. Petersburg, Appellants, v. CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF ST. PETERSBURG, a corporation, et al., claiming to be the Board of Directors of Central Presbyterian Church of St. Petersburg; Union Trust Company of St. Petersburg, a banking corporation under the laws of Florida, and Robert J. McCutcheon, Jr., as Trustee of the H.H. and Harriet Victory Trust, all of Pinellas County, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied June 5, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. C. McLean, Tampa, for appellants.

Byron T. Sauls of Fisher & Sauls, St. Petersburg, for appellees.

TERRELL, Chief Justice.

Since this litigation revolves around the judicatories of the Presbyterian Church and the manner in which they function, when a schism in the local church arises an introduction to them would be a helpful entree to the question presented. Described in ascending series the church judicatories include the Session of the local church, the Presbytery, the Synod and the General Assembly which is the Supreme Court of the church. Each judicatory has...

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