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University of Michigan Law School

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1948

Conveyance

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Associations-Title To Land Conveyed To Church After Expiration Of Charter, R. V. Wellman Apr 1948

Associations-Title To Land Conveyed To Church After Expiration Of Charter, R. V. Wellman

Michigan Law Review

The X Church was incorporated by special charter for a period of fourteen years from 1814. Subsequent charters extended its corporate existence until 1871, since which time, though the members have remained associated under the same name, there has been no attempt to re-incorporate. In 1922, land was conveyed to "X Church, its successors and assigns." Defendant contracted with the chairman and the warden of the Church to buy the land described in the deed of 1922. Subsequently, plaintiff, who had been elected minister of the Church in 1945, was authorized to execute and deliver the necessary deed of …