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 tbe Associate Eeformed ebnrcb, in Newburgh, and the trustees of the Associate Eeformed, congregation in Little Britain, who sue as well for themselves as in behalf of all the other Associate Beformed 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 tbe Associate Eeformed ebnrcb, in Newburgh, and the trustees of the Associate Eeformed, congregation in Little Britain, who sue as well for themselves as in behalf of all the other Associate Beformed churches ■and congregations in the state of New York, interested and connected in the matters therein mentioned and contained. The bill 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…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The complainants 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 witli 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…
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- Beatty and Ritchie v. Kurtz and OthersSupreme Court of the United States · 1829
- Canajoharie & Palatine Church v. LeiberNew York Court of Chancery · 1830