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PETERS CREEK UNITED v. WASHINGTON PRESBY

Nos. 1044 C.D. 2011, 1045 C.D. 2011.

90 A.3d 95 (2014)

PETERS CREEK UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH v. WASHINGTON PRESBYTERY OF PENNSYLVANIA and Reverend L. Rus Howard and Robert J. Elmes, Richard L. St. Clair, Mary G. St. Clair, Harry R. Broberg, Ona D. Broberg, Janet DeGrange, Ronald A. DeGrange, John M. McMurray, Claire V. Agarwal, Marian H. Jochem, Ramarkrishna Agarwal, Clark L. Gable, Sue Smith, Carol Gable, Audrey Vanderaar, William D. Harmon, Judy Mayer, George E. Mayer, Ph.D., Jan Fickter, Betty N. Monaghan, Edward L. Miller, Ruth Lewis, James L. Simpson, Kevin L. Scrivo, Ardeth D. Simpson, William B. Philips, Christine Scrivo, Vickie Philips, W. Bennett Lewis, Jill A. Brower, Louise H. Carmichael, Mary Anne Harmon, J.W. Carmichael, Jackson Brower, James P. Leslie, Jr., Rose Marie Leslie, Rebecca Harmon Schreiber, William Shades, Keith C. Shader, Cathy Shader, Albert C. Broberg, Karen C. Broberg, together constituting the "True Church" of Peters Creek United Presbyterian Church, and on behalf of all other members of the congregation v. Peters Creek United Presbyterian Church. Appeal of: Washington Presbytery of Pennsylvania. Peters Creek United Presbyterian Church v. Washington Presbytery of Pennsylvania and Reverend L. Rus Howard and Robert J. Elmes, Richard L. St. Clair, Mary G. St. Clair, Harry R. Broberg, Ona D. Broberg, Janet DeGrange, Ronald A. DeGrange, John M. McMurray, Claire V. Agarwal, Marian H. Jochem, Ramarkrishna Agarwal, Clark L. Gable, Sue Smith, Carol Gable, Audrey Vanderaar, William D. Harmon, Judy Mayer, George E. Mayer, Ph.D., Jan Fickter, Betty N. Monaghan, Edward L. Miller, Ruth Lewis, James L. Simpson, Kevin L. Scrivo, Ardeth D. Simpson, William B. Philips, Christine Scrivo, Vickie Philips, W. Bennett Lewis, Jill A. Brower, Louise H. Carmichael, Mary Anne Harmon, J.W. Carmichael, Jackson Brower, James P. Leslie, Jr., Rose Marie Leslie, Rebecca Harmon Schreiber, William Shades, Keith C. Shader, Cathy Shader, Albert C. Broberg, Karen C. Broberg, together constituting the "True Church" of Peters Creek United Presbyterian Church, and on behalf of all other members of the congregation, Appellants v. Peters Creek United Presbyterian Church.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 30, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen D. Marriner, Jr. , Washington, for appellant Washington Presbytery of Pennsylvania.

Andrea Geraghty and Frank Kosir, Jr. , Pittsburgh, for appellee Peters Creek United Presbyterian Church.

Marshall J. Tindall , Pittsburgh, for appellees Vicki Philips, James L. Simpson, Mary G. St. Clair, Harry R. Broberg, Ona D. Broberg, Janet DeGrahge, Ronald A. DeGrange, John M. McMurray, Claire V. Agarwal, Marian H. Jochem, Ramarkrishna Agarwal, Clark L. Gable, Sue Smith, William D. Harmon, Judy Mayer, George E. Mayer, Jan Fickter, Betty N. Monaghan, Edward L. Miller, Ruth Lewis, Kevin L. Scrivo, Ardeth D. Simpson, William B. Philips, Christine Scrivo, W. Bennett Lewis, Jill A. Brower, Louise H. Carmichael, Mary Anne Harmon, J.W. Carmichael, Jackson Brower, James P. Leslie, Jr., Rose Marie Leslie, Rebecca Harmon Schreiber, William Shades, Keith C. Shader, Cathy Shader, Albert C. Broberg, Karen C. Broberg, Richard L. St. Clair and Audrey Vanderaar.

BEFORE: DAN PELLEGRINI, President Judge, and BERNARD L. McGINLEY, Judge, and BONNIE BRIGANCE LEADBETTER, Judge, and COHN JUBELIRER, Judge, and MARY HANNAH LEAVITT, Judge, and P. KEVIN BROBSON, Judge, and PATRICIA A. McCULLOUGH, Judge.

OPINION BY President Judge PELLEGRINI.1

I. INTRODUCTION

These consolidated cases involve a dispute over the control of a nonprofit corporation and church property, including the church building, land and personal property. Internecine battles of this kind have existed for hundreds of years in our jurisprudence. See Baker v. Fales, 16 Mass. 488 (1820) (resolving...

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