Legal Opinion
Walker Memorial Baptist Church, Inc. v. Saunders
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 29, 1941PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFinch, J.
The question presented by this appeal is whether the minister of a Baptish church has been illegally removed from his pastorate and certain members of the church wrongfully expelled from membership in the church corporation.
The plaintiff is a religious corporation which owns and maintains a Baptist church in Harlem. The defendant, the Rev. John W. Saunders, was duly inducted as minister of that church. The other defendants have been active members and communicants of the church. Prior to May, 1939, the minister of the church, the Rev. John W. Saunders, and some of his devoted followers,…
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