PILETICH v. DERETICH

No. 81-1247.

328 N.W.2d 696 (1982)

Voya PILETICH, et al., Appellants, v. George DERETICH, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied February 14, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Hunter, Minneapolis, J. Patrick Leavitt and Michael J. McDonald, Shakopee, for appellants.

Grannis, Grannis, Campbell & Farrell, Roger N. Knutson and Thomas M. Scott, South St. Paul, for respondents.

Considered and decided by the court en banc.


AMDAHL, Chief Justice.

This action concerns a dispute over the identity of persons entitled to the real and personal property held in the name of the Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church of St. Sava, in South St. Paul. A schism occurred in this church in 1963, and respondents, currently officers or trustees of St. Sava, represent the majority of the congregation at the time of the split. The majority faction acquired custody and control of the property in question and...

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