New York Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church v. Fisher

182 Conn. 272 (1980)

NEW YORK ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ET AL.

v.

EVERETT FISHER ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Argued June 12, 1980.

Decision released August 19, 1980.

COTTER, C. J., BOGDANSKI, PETERS, HEALEY and PARSKEY, JS.

James F. Stapleton, with whom was Allan B. Taylor, for the appellants-appellees (plaintiffs).

James R. Fogarty, with whom, on the brief, were Robert A. Epstein and James J. Huron, for the appellees-appellants (named defendant et al.).

PETERS, J.

This case involves a dispute over the ownership of church property arising out of a disagreement about the…