Anthony v. Cardin

This article 78 application, insofar as it seeks to set aside the election and parish meeting of the respondent Protestant Episcopal Church Corporation is denied.

*507Subdivision 6 of section 43 of the Religious Corporations Law confers the right to vote at such a meeting upon persons "who have been * * * regular attendants at its worship and contributors to its support for at least twelve months prior to such election”.

Petitioners admittedly reduced their weekly contributions in the year before the meeting to 10 cents per week from a previous $1.50 per week. Thus they placed themselves in the…