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Pure Presbyterian Church v. Grace of God Presbyterian Church
No. 171098Supreme Court of Virginia
171098 Pure Presbyterian Church v. Grace of God Presbyterian Church 08/16/2018 In litigation over whether two churches had agreed to merge, a jury found that the churches had, in fact, contracted to merge. The…
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171098 Pure Presbyterian Church v. Grace of God Presbyterian Church 08/16/2018 In litigation over whether two churches had agreed…
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171098 Pure Presbyterian Church v. Grace of God Presbyterian Church 08/16/2018 In litigation over whether two churches had agreed to merge, a jury found that the churches had, in fact, contracted to merge. The challenges to this judgment on appeal, contending that the circuit court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to resolve this dispute as a result of its ecclesiastical context, that declaratory judgment proceedings were inappropriate, and that the federal bankruptcy court's jurisdiction over the bankruptcy estate of one of the two churches precluded relief in the present action, are rejected. The trial court had subject matter jurisdiction to adjudicate this dispute and, therefore, the…
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