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ST. JOHN'S-ST. LUKE EVANGELICAL CHURCH v. NAT'L BANK OF DETROIT

Docket No. 78-2178.

92 Mich. App. 1 (1979)

283 N.W.2d 852

ST. JOHN'S-ST. LUKE EVANGELICAL CHURCH, UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST v. NATIONAL BANK OF DETROIT

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided August 20, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McInally, Brucker, Newcombe, Wilke & DeBona, P.C. (by Chester C. Lawrence), for plaintiff.

Beaumont, Smith & Harris (by James E. Beall), for National Bank of Detroit.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, and J. Ronald Kaplansky, Assistant Attorney General, for the State of Michigan.

Before: BEASLEY, P.J., and ALLEN and D.C. RILEY, JJ.

BEASLEY, P.J.

Plaintiff, St. John's-St. Luke Evangelical Church, United Church of Christ, is the merged successor to St. John's Church which was founded in Detroit in 1833 and is reputed to be the oldest German congregation in Detroit. The church has been located at Gratiot and Russell Avenues since 1874.

The church was named in a 1944 trust created by William Pagel and Mary E. Pagel and received payments from defendant, National Bank of Detroit, the trustee...

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