PROPERTY RIGHTS IN CHURCH PEWS

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Abstract

A recent Pennsylvania decision, Zernosky v. Kluchinsky (Pa. 1923) 122 Atl. 262, lays down the rule that where the trustees of a church rent a pew to a parishioner without the consent of the priest in charge, when such consent is required by the ecclesiastical law, the transaction is of no effect and the ecclesiastical law will be followed by the court. This is the general rule as applied to conditions attached to the renting of pews, Atty. Gen. v. Meetinghouse, 3 Gray (Mass.) 1; French v. The Old South Society, 100 Mass. 479, but the interesting point in the case is the reference to the nature of the property which a pew owner holds in his pew.

Recommended Citation

PROPERTY RIGHTS IN CHURCH PEWS, 22 Mich. L. Rev. 463 (1924).
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