In re the Minister, Elders & Deacons of the Reformed Dutch Church
New York Supreme Court
The petitioners stated in their petition that they were incorporated in 1826, pursuant to the act to provide for the incorporation of religious societies; that two several lots of ground were conveyed to the corporation about the same time, upon which they erected a house of worship, which they continued to occupy up to the time of presenting the petition; that, in 1841, the corporation purchased another lot, and erected thereon a lecture room for the use.of their…
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The petitioners stated in their petition that they were incorporated in 1826, pursuant to the act to provide for the incorporation of religious societies; that two several lots of ground were conveyed to the corporation about the same time, upon which they erected a house of worship, which they continued to occupy up to the time of presenting the petition; that, in 1841, the corporation purchased another lot, and erected thereon a lecture room for the use.of their congregation. The petition further stated, that in pursuance of a resolution adopted at a meeting of the male members of the…
1Opinion of the CourtHarris, J.
The order of reference, though made at my suggestion, has proved an unhappy measure. It has served to keep alive the controversy for a year, subjecting the parties to great and needless expense, and has really elicited but few facts having any important bearing upon the merits of the application.
The project of erecting a new church, seems to have been agitated in the early part of the year 1850. The meeting of the congregation, when it was resolved to go forward with the enterprise, was held on the 7th of May, that year. At that meeting, Edwin Myer, who claimed, by inheritance, a share in two…
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