Kicinko v. Petruska
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 146, Oct. T., 1916, by defendants, from decree of C. P. Westmoreland Co., Equity Docket, No. 891, awarding an injunction, in case of John Kicinko, John Martin, John Mikulaninitz, Hritz Fendya, Vasil Svreda, Mike Panco, George Juhas, Paulina Skirpan, Joe Dry, Petra Dankanich, Paul Chertisky, John Fecko, Andy Miklovs, Vasil Valenter, Vasil Hardoby, Andy Halko, Joe Hulick, Vasil Sandala, George Hertnick, Vasil Lucanick, Andy Kocan, George Shuma, Jr., and Rev. Paul…
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Appeal, No. 146, Oct. T., 1916, by defendants, from decree of C. P. Westmoreland Co., Equity Docket, No. 891, awarding an injunction, in case of John Kicinko, John Martin, John Mikulaninitz, Hritz Fendya, Vasil Svreda, Mike Panco, George Juhas, Paulina Skirpan, Joe Dry, Petra Dankanich, Paul Chertisky, John Fecko, Andy Miklovs, Vasil Valenter, Vasil Hardoby, Andy Halko, Joe Hulick, Vasil Sandala, George Hertnick, Vasil Lucanick, Andy Kocan, George Shuma, Jr., and Rev. Paul Ruttkay, members and Pastor of the Greek Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary; and the Greek…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschzisker,
This case arose out of religious differences existing between two factions of a church congregation; after an elaborate trial, the plaintiffs succeeded in obtaining an injunction against the defendants, as hereinafter more fully set forth; the latter have appealed.
The record is a long one; but the material features of the controversy may be stated with comparative briefness. The church in question was organized in 1901, in Monessen, and two years thereafter the congregation was incorporated under the name of the “Greek Catholic Church of the Assumption of the…
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