THE GENERAL CONVENTION OF THE NEW JERUSALEM IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INC. v. MACKENZIE

No. 05-P-521.

66 Mass. App. Ct. 836 (2006)

THE GENERAL CONVENTION OF THE NEW JERUSALEM IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INC., & others v. EDWARD MACKENZIE & others.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 26, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence R. Kulig (Damon P. Hart with him) for the plaintiffs.

Nicholas B. Carter for the defendants.

Present: GREENBERG, DUFFLY, & KATZMANN, JJ.


GREENBERG, J.

A by-law of the congregational3 Boston Society of the New Jerusalem, Incorporated (Swedenborgian) (the local church), directs that "[i]n the event that the [local church] shall cease to exist, all funds and holdings shall be transferred to the General Convention of the New Jerusalem in the United States of America" (the General Convention). The question put is whether, thus...

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