From Savannah-
Leaders of Christ Church in Savannah have asked the state's top court to review a July 8 Court of Appeals decision that the church's historic downtown property belongs to the Episcopal Church.
On Wednesday, Christ Church officials appealed to the Georgia Supreme Court a recent ruling of the Georgia Court of Appeals upholding Judge Michael Karpf’s decision issued in October 2009 against Christ Church and in favor of the Diocese of Georgia and The Episcopal Church.
That decision upheld the plaintiff’s argument that Christ Church holds its property in trust for the Diocese and the national church, based on a 1979 national church canon which was enacted without notification prior to or following its adoption.
The church had until Wednesday to file documents with the Supreme Court asking it to review the case.
"If we deny it, then it's denied and over," explained Lynn Stinchcomb, deputy clerk of court for the state Supreme Court.
If the court agrees to hear the case, a final ruling in the two-and-a-half-year-old property dispute between the national Episcopal Church and its former congregation could be postponed months.
"The court generally rules on them pretty quickly, within just a few months," she said.
http://savannahnow.com/latest-news/2010-07-28/christ-church-appeals-georgia-supreme-court
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