Muck v. . Hitchcock
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal by plaintiff from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered May 21, 1912, upon an order reversing a judgment in favor of defendants, respondents, entered upon a dismissal of the complaint as to them by the court at Special Term in an action for specific performance of a contract to convey land and directing judgment for plaintiff for the amount paid by her on said contract.
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Appeal by plaintiff from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered May 21, 1912, upon an order reversing a judgment in favor of defendants, respondents, entered upon a dismissal of the complaint as to them by the court at Special Term in an action for specific performance of a contract to convey land and directing judgment for plaintiff for the amount paid by her on said contract. This action was brought to compel the specific performance of a contract to convey real property. The defendant, the American Millennial Association, is a…
1Opinion of the CourtCuddebaok, J.
Section 12 of the Religious Corporations Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 51), provides as follows:
“§ 12. A religious corporation shall not sell or mortgage any of its real .property without applying for and obtaining leave of the court therefor pursuant to the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure,” etc.
It has been held that broad words in a statute conferring powers and privileges on “a corporation” or on “ any corporation ” apply only to corporations organized under the laws of this state. “The legislature in such cases is dealing with its own creations, whose rights and obligations it may limit,…
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- White v. . HowardNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Harris v. . WhiteNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Christian Union v. YountSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
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- Bernstein v. FriedlanderNew York Supreme Court · 1968
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