ISLAMIC CTR. OF HARRISON, INC. v. ISLAMIC SCI. FOUND., INC.


216 A.D.2d 357 (1995)

628 N.Y.S.2d 179

Islamic Center of Harrison, Inc., et al., Appellants, v. Islamic Science Foundation, Inc., et al., Respondents

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

June 12, 1995


Ordered that the orders are affirmed insofar as appealed from, with one bill of costs.

There is a well settled distinction between a church as a religious corporation and the same church as a religious society. The corporation, its trustees, and any other persons entitled to vote at corporate meetings have jurisdiction over the property and temporal affairs of the church, while the religious society consisting, inter...

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