Margolin v. Mount Zion Pentecostal Holy Church, Inc.

Petitioner is the grantee of a deed executed and delivered to him by respondent, a religious corporation, without approval therefor being obtained from this court; and he now applies for an order confirming such conveyance.

Subdivision 1 of section 12 of the Religious Corporations Law provides that a religious corporation shall not sell any of its real property without applying for and obtaining leave of the court therefor pursuant to article 5 of the General Corporation Law. Section 50 of article 5 of the latter statute prescribes the contents of a petition to the court for obtaining such…