Connitt v. Reformed Protestant Dutch Church
New York Supreme Court
This case came before the. court upon a case made and submitted, under section 372 of the Code. The defendant, the Reformed Dutch Church, of hfew Prospect, located at Shawangunk, in Ulster county, was organized as a religious corporation under the laws of this State, and was attached to the Reformed Dutch Church (now Reformed Church) in America.
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This case came before the. court upon a case made and submitted, under section 372 of the Code. The defendant, the Reformed Dutch Church, of hfew Prospect, located at Shawangunk, in Ulster county, was organized as a religious corporation under the laws of this State, and was attached to the Reformed Dutch Church (now Reformed Church) in America. Each church of the denomination is, by the constitution of the denomination, under the control and management of a board of officers, consisting ordinarily of eight persons, being elders and deacons, and of the minister of the church, if any, and…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court
Parker, J.
The pastoral relation between plaintiff Connitt and defendant, the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, of New Prospect, -was dissolved by the classis of Orange, on the 3d day of May, 1869.
This action of the classis, upon appeal by Mr. Connitt, lias been affirmed by the particular synod of New "Fork, and the *343general synod, which is the highest judicatory of the Reformed Church, in America.
Upon the question, “Is the Rev. George W. Connitt still the pastor of the church of New Prospect ? ” which is the first of those submitted to us, we must, I think, be governed by those…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Robertson v. BullionsNew York Supreme Court · 1850
- Minister of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church v. BradfordCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1826
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- O'Donovan v. ChatardIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
- West v. First Presbyterian ChurchSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
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