Commonwealth v. Pauline Home
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY GERMANTOWN DISPENSARY & HOSPITAL EROM THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS NO. 2 OE PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. July Term 1890, Sup.
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APPEAL BY GERMANTOWN DISPENSARY & HOSPITAL EROM THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS NO. 2 OE PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. July Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 249 March Term 1887, C. P. No. 2. On April 23, 1887, the attornejr general, at the relation of James A. Wright, filed a hill in equity against the Pauline Temporary Home and Hannah W. Haoker, treasurer thereof, averring: That the Pauline Temporary Home was incorporated by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia in the year 1881, the declared object as set forth in the charter being “ the establishment and maintenance, within the Twenty-second…
1Per curiam
The appellant does not contend that the contributors to the Pauline Temporary Home have any legal right to direct the application of the fund after its use as originally contemplated has ceased. Its contention was that their wishes and recommendation should have weight with the court in determining the question of its future application. Conceding much force to this position, we have nothing before us to show that the court below did not give proper regard to their suggestions. It is true the fund was not awarded to the appellant. It was claimed by a number of charitable institutions. They…
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