Berkaw v. Mayflower Congregational Church

Plaintiffs-appellants, the faithful minority of Mayflower Congregational Church, appeal from a decision of the Wayne county circuit court dismissing their complaint on the grounds that all the matters submitted therein have been previously adjudicated against all the classes of parties represented by them in a final adjudication by the New York court of appeals in Cadman Memorial Congregational Society of Brooklyn v. Kenyon (1953), 306 NY 151 (116 NE2d 481). This is a suit for injunctive relief and a declaratory judgment based upon the alleged invalidity of the agreement for a church merger…