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MOORMAN v. GOODMAN

59 N.J. Super. 181 (1960)

157 A.2d 519

HOWARD L. MOORMAN, ET AL., INDIVIDUALLY AND SEVERALLY, PLAINTIFFS AND CROSS-DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS, v. REVEREND J.I. GOODMAN, PASTOR OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, ENGLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT. LEE A. EMERY, PLUMMER PERRY AND THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, ENGLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, v. HOWARD L. MOORMAN, ET AL., INDIVIDUALLY AND SEVERALLY, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided January 25, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Sam Weiss argued the cause for plaintiffs and cross-defendants-appellants (Messrs. Eisenstein & Eisenstein, attorneys).

Mr. Clive S. Cummis argued the cause for respondents (Mr. Henry J. Bendheim, attorney).

Before Judges PRICE, GAULKIN and SULLIVAN.

The opinion of the court was delivered by SULLIVAN, J.A.D.

This appeal involves the ouster of ten persons from membership in a religious society. The First Baptist Church of Englewood has been in existence for many years. Its present pastor, Rev. J.I. Goodman, came to the church about 1949. He is the focal point of the present dispute, the factual background of which is as follows.

Factionalism had developed...

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