Trustees of the Associate Reformed Church v. Trustees of the Theological Seminary
New Jersey Court of Chancery
The bill is filed by the trustees of the Associate Reformed church, in Newburgh, and the trustees of the Associate Reformed congregation in Little Britain, who site ks well for themselves as in behalf of all the other Associate Reformed churches and congregations in the state of New York, interested and connected in the matters therein mentioned and-contained.
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The bill is filed by the trustees of the Associate Reformed church, in Newburgh, and the trustees of the Associate Reformed congregation in Little Britain, who site ks well for themselves as in behalf of all the other Associate Reformed churches and congregations in the state of New York, interested and connected in the matters therein mentioned and-contained. The hill states, that the complainants have been severally and respectively incorporated under and according to the provisions of an act of the legislature of the state of New York, entitled, “ An act-to provide for the incorporation of…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The complainánts in this suit are duly incorporated, under an act of the legislature of the state of New-York, entitled, “An act to provide for the incorporation of religious societies.” And there are seventeen other Associate Reformed churches in the state of New-York, incorporated under the same act, associated with the complainants, professing the same articles.of faith, the same church discipline, and governed by one and the same synod, or church judicatory, called “ The-Associate Reformed synod of New-York,” and forming a distinct body of Christians, under the general…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Beatty and Ritchie v. Kurtz and OthersSupreme Court of the United States · 1829
- Canajoharie & Palatine Church v. LeiberNew York Court of Chancery · 1830