Carnes v. Smith

Decided January 6, 1976. Robert Howell Hall wrote the opinion for the court.

222 S.E.2d 322 · Cited 55 times

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• Presbyterian Church in United States v. Eastern Heights Presbyterian Church · 167 S.E.2d 658
• United Methodist Church v. St. Louis Crossing Independent Methodist Church · 276 N.E.2d 916
• Maryland & Virginia Eldership of the Churches of God v. Church of God at Sharpsburg, Inc. · 254 A.2d 162
• Price v. Merryman · 259 N.E.2d 883
• Presbyterian Church in the United States v. Eastern Heights Presbyterian Church · 159 S.E.2d 690
• Methodist Episcopal Church, South Inc. v. Decell · 60 Ga. App. 843
• Gonzalez v. Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila · 280 U.S. 1
• Woodward v. Lawson · 167 S.E.2d 660

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