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UNITED METHODIST CHURCH v. CULVER

No. 99-1522.

237 Wis.2d 343 (2000)

2000 WI App 132

614 N.W.2d 523

The WISCONSIN CONFERENCE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF the UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ronald CULVER, Loretta Konrad, Lucille Krentz, Arthur Lamonska, Gordon Trapp, John Does 1 through 20 and Jane Does 1 through 20, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided May 10, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Jon G. Furlow and Mary C. Turke of Michael, Best & Friedrich LLP of Madison.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents, the cause was submitted on the brief of Lan Waddell of Waddell & Pavia of Columbus.

On behalf of all five presbyteries of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), an amicus curiae brief was filed by Kevin J. Sjostrom of Brusky & Sjostrom S.C. of Wauwatosa.

Before Brown, P.J., Nettesheim and Anderson, JJ.

¶ 1. NETTESHEIM, J.

This case involves a property dispute between The Wisconsin Conference Board of Trustees of the United Methodist Church, Inc. (UMC) and the local Elo United Methodist Church (Elo). The dispute resulted from a schism between the two churches regarding certain church dogma.

¶ 2. In this declaratory action, UMC claimed that the property housing the Elo church and parsonage had vested in the annual conference of the Methodist Church...

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