Appeal of Vaux
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from a decree of the Court of Common Pleas No. 3, of Philadelphia county, refusing to approve the charter of the “Foulke and Long Institute for Orphan Girls.”
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Appeal from a decree of the Court of Common Pleas No. 3, of Philadelphia county, refusing to approve the charter of the “Foulke and Long Institute for Orphan Girls.” Of January Term 1885, No. 202. The facts were as follows : By her last will and testament Eleanor P. Long, who left a residuary estate amounting to nearly a quarter of a million of dollars, did devise and bequeath the same as follows:— “ Tenthly, Inasmuch as it was the wish of my mother that the principal part of the property she devised and bequeathed to me, should be devoted, after my death, to a public charity, and as I have…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
This is an appeal from the refusal of the court below to approve a charter of incorporation. We are satisfied no appeal lies in such case. It is not given by any Act of Assembljn
There was also a certiorari taken out and this brings up the record, and we can review it so far as to see that the proceedings below are in accordance with the Act of Assembty. Under the Act of 1874 the approval of a charter is in the discretion of the court below. This charter evidently comes under the first class, and as to such charters the Act provides that they “ shall be presented to a law judge of the said…
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