Cadman Memorial Congregational Society v. Kenyon
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In controversies such as this, ecclesiastical or doctrinal questions may be inquired into only insofar as it may he necessary to do so to determine the civil or property rights of the parties. The civil courts do not interfere with ecclesiastical matters in which temporal rights are not involved. Plaintiffs *1016have failed to establish any right or interest in or to the funds and other assets which plaintiffs asserted were held in trust, which requires or permits a determination of the ecclesiastical issues presented. The action was not brought upon the theory that the rights of the plaintiffs or…
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