PRESBYTERY CHURCH v. TRUSTEES


13 Misc.3d 707 (2006)

821 N.Y.S.2d 834

PRESBYTERY OF HUDSON RIVER OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (U.S.A.) et al., Plaintiffs, v. TRUSTEES OF THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AND CONGREGATION OF RIDGEBERRY, Also Known as RIDGEBURY CHURCH and/or the CHURCH AT RIDGEBURY, et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court, Orange County.

August 16, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacobowitz & Gubits, Walden, for defendants.

Dickover, Donnelly, Donovan & Biagi, Goshen, for plaintiffs.


OPINION OF THE COURT

JOHN K. McGUIRK, J.

Ordered that the motion by defendants* for summary judgment is granted and the cross motion by plaintiffs for summary judgment is denied.

This case concerns defendants' desire to secede from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (hereinafter PCUSA) and, more precisely, ownership of the church's real property in the Town of Wawayanda...

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