Trustees v. Westminster Presbyterian Church
New York Supreme Court
Demurrer to complaint in an action to restrain the disposition of certain real estate belonging to a religious corporation.
1Opinion of the CourtDayton, J.
Epitomized the complaint is as follows: Plaintiff was incorporated under chapter 206, Laws of 1867 of this State, by direction of the Presbytery of blew York, and is the incorporated “ governing body ” organized under the Religious Corporations Law of this State. The Presbytery is a judicatory of the Presbyterian Church of the United States of America, which includes all the Presbyterian congregations within the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx, in this city, thereby having jurisdiction of the defendant Westminster Presbyterian Church of West Twenty-third Street, which was organized by the…
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