Moritz v. United Brethrens Church

In this action brought by a trustee of the defendant, a religious corporation, plaintiff seeks to enjoin the corporation from developing for cemetery purposes a tract of land adjoining its existing cemetery lands in Richmond county. The defendant corporation was organized in 1808, pursuant to the provisions of chapter 79 of the Laws of 1801. Under that law it was empowered to hold land for cemetery purposes and has maintained a cemetery for over one hundred years. In 1923 it bought adjoining land, known as the Adams property. On November 15, 1932, it adopted a resolution to develop that tract…