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title: O.C.G.A. § 14-5-43. Church represented by majority; effect of withdrawal of part of congregation.
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# O.C.G.A. § 14-5-43. Church represented by majority; effect of withdrawal of part of congregation.

The majority of those who adhere to its organization and doctrines represent a church. The withdrawal by one part of a congregation from the original body or the uniting of a part of a congregation with another church or denomination is a relinquishment of all rights in the church abandoned.

## History

Civil Code 1895, § 2360; Civil Code 1910, § 2833; Code 1933, § 22-406; Code 1933, § 22-5504, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 565, § 1.

## Law Reviews

For comment on Presbyterian Church in the United States v. Mary Elizabeth Blue Hull Mem. Presbyterian Church, 225 Ga. 259, 167 S.E.2d 658 (1969), cert. denied, 396 U.S. 1041, 90 S. Ct. 680, 24 L. Ed. 2d 685 (1970), see 6 Ga. St. B. J. 438 (1970).

## History of Code Section.

The language of this Code section is derived in part from the decision in Bates v. Houston, 66 Ga. 198 (1880).