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CADMAN MEM'L CONG. SOC. OF BROOKLYN v. KENYON

306 N.Y. 151 (1953)

Cadman Memorial Congregational Society of Brooklyn et al., Suing on Behalf of Themselves and Other Congregational Christian Churches Similarly Situated, Appellants, v. Helen Kenyon, as Moderator of The General Council of The Congregational Churches of the United States, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 3, 1953

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth W. Greenawalt, Joseph Diehl Fackenthal, Martin A. Schenck and John H. Barber for appellants.

Charles H. Tuttle, Loren N. Wood, Truman H. Luhrman and Loren T. Wood for respondent.

Orrin G. Judd, Clarence L. Sager, Ruth I. Wilson and Saul A. Shames for International Convention of Disciples of Christ, and Walter Bruchhausen for New York Congregational Christian Conference, Inc., amici curiaelig;, in support of respondent's position.

LEWIS, Ch. J., DESMOND and FULD, JJ., concur with DYE, J.; FROESSEL, J., dissents in opinion in which CONWAY, J., concurs.

DYE, J.

This controversy, here in an appeal as of right, concerns the methods and procedures under which the Congregational Christian Churches of the United States and the Evangelical and Reformed Church plan to unite under the name of United Church of Christ. Both are Protestant in faith and polity and both possess a rich heritage from the past.

The Congregational Christian Churches trace their origin...

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