The church had been granted a faculty for the removal of a bell and its frame, which were to be installed in another church. The frame had in fact been sold and re-sold. The church sought a confirmatory faculty for the sale.
Held: The sale of church property without a faculty was not legally valid, and neither the first nor second purchaser acquired good title, and the frame remained the property of the church. Since the acts had been in good faith, and no good purpose would be served by a refusal, a confirmatory grant was made to regularise the legal position of all involved.
Judges:
Wiggs J
Citations:
Times 10-Mar-2005
Ecclesiastical
Updated: 13 May 2022; Ref: scu.223803
