Sec. 33-275. Union of churches; their trustees and property.
Sec. 33-275. Union of churches; their trustees and property. When two or more
Methodist Churches have been united in accordance with the usages, rules and discipline
of the Methodist Church, the terms of office of the trustees of the several churches so
united shall be terminated by the act of union, and the title to all property, real and
personal, of such churches, and the title to all real and personal property held by their
trustees, shall by such act vest in the trustees of such new church. The bishop or other
authority making such act of union shall lodge for record, in the office of the town clerk
of the town or towns wherein any of such lands are situated, a certificate executed in
the manner required for deeds of land, describing such land and stating the names of
such former churches and of the new one so formed, the fact of union with the date
thereof and the names of the trustees of the new church; which certificate, when so
lodged for record, shall have the effect of a recorded deed and conveyance of such land.
(1949 Rev., S. 5384.)
Rights in property on merger of churches; courts to follow decisions of ecclesiastical tribunals. 73 C. 216.