The House rejected the suggestion of an apportionment of the assets of the Free Church of Scotland between competing claimants.
Judges:
Lord Low
Citations:
(1902) 4F 1083
Jurisdiction:
Scotland
Cited by:
Appeal from – Bannatyne v Overtoun HL 1904
The parties disputed ownership of the assets of the Free Church of Scotland.
Held: The minority church were vindicated. Their Lordships identified fundamental tenets of the Free Church from which the majority had departed, including the . .
Cited – The Free Church of Scotland v The General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland SCS 24-Mar-2005
Each group claimed to by the true Free Church of Scotland. The dispute had a very long history. One claimed that the other had abandoned a fundamental principle of the faith, the right of ‘continued protest’.
Held: It was necessary to examine . .
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Scotland, Ecclesiastical
Updated: 13 May 2022; Ref: scu.223936