Connitt v. Reformed Protestant Dutch Church
New York Supreme Court
This case came before the. court upon a case made and submitted, under section 372 of the Code. The defendant, the Reformed Dutch Church, of hfew Prospect, located at Shawangunk, in Ulster county, was organized as a religious corporation under the laws of this State, and was attached to the Reformed Dutch Church (now Reformed Church) in America.
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This case came before the. court upon a case made and submitted, under section 372 of the Code. The defendant, the Reformed Dutch Church, of hfew Prospect, located at Shawangunk, in Ulster county, was organized as a religious corporation under the laws of this State, and was attached to the Reformed Dutch Church (now Reformed Church) in America. Each church of the denomination is, by the constitution of the denomination, under the control and management of a board of officers, consisting ordinarily of eight persons, being elders and deacons, and of the minister of the church, if any, and…
1DissentLearned, J.
(dissenting.) This is a case made under section 372 of the Code, without action. It is intended to settle an unfortunate controversy and several actions which have arisen out of it. The controversy, in brief, is this. Who are the legal officers of the R. P. D. 0., of Hew Prospect; and who is the pastor ? Many facts are spread out in the case, and much discussion was had in the argument, and some ecclesiastical questions raised. But, of course, the only matters which come before the court for decision, are the civil rights of the parties. As to ecclesiastical rights and duties, except so far…
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