Supreme Court of New Jersey

Gertrude Bianchi, Plaintiff-Appellant v. South Park Presbyterian Church, Trustees of the South Park Presbyterian…

September 22, 1939123 N.J.L. 325

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed the lower court's judgment, holding that a religious society, as a charitable corporation, is immune from liability for the negligence of its servants to non‑member beneficiaries and that the plaintiff's contributory negligence barred any recovery.