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All lands bought or otherwise acquired by any religious denomination or society shall be vested in a board of trustees or other persons designated by the members of such denomination or society, for the use and benefit of the denomination or society.

Code 1858, § 1509 (deriv. Acts 1855-1856, ch. 79, § 1); Shan., § 2563; Code 1932, § 4408; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-204.

Textbooks. Tennessee Forms (Robinson, Ramsey and Harwell), No. 8-210.

Tennessee Jurisprudence, 21 Tenn. Juris., Religious Societies, §§ 5, 7.


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