Trustees of the Diocese v. Trinity Episcopal Church
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Spain, J.
This action involves a dispute over the ownership of real and personal property in the possession and control of defendant Trinity Episcopal Church of Gloversville in Fulton County. Also at issue is the extent of this Court’s jurisdiction over the property dispute arising out of a disagreement between disaffected members of Trinity Episcopal Church and plaintiff Bishop of the Albany Episcopal Diocese and plaintiff Trustees of the Albany Episcopal Diocese (hereinafter the Diocese). At the center of this controversy are four parcels of real estate. The parcel on…
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