Legal Opinion
Fiske v. Beaty
New York Supreme Court
Decided November 15, 1922PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcCann, J.
The plaintiff is bishop coadjutor and acting as bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church for the Diocese of Central New York,.having succeeded in such position Rt. Rev. Charles T. Olmsted from whom he received a designation to such ecclesiastical authority.
The defendants are respectively the rector, churchwardens, vestrymen and treasurer of Grace Church of Cortland, N. Y., which is a religious corporation, incorporated under the laws of the state of New York. The corporation is the owner of a rectory *3and church property located at the city of Cortland, N. Y., in which church services have…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Baxter v. . McDonnellNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Wuesthoff v. . Germania Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Connitt v. Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of New ProspectNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Pounder v. AsheNebraska Supreme Court · 1895
- Walker v. WainwrightNew York Supreme Court · 1853
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Dixon v. EdwardsDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 2001
- Dunbar Baptist Church v. Lake, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Fayette County1942