Legal Opinion

First Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Appeal

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 20, 1969No. Appeal, No. 109PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Montgomery, J.,

This appeal reaches us from an order of the Quarter Sessions Court of Allegheny County, refusing the petition of appellant, The First Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in the City of Pittsburgh (Church) *187for authority to abandon its Oakland Cemetery, to remove the remains of bodies of deceased persons buried therein, to reinter said remains in Mount Royal Cemetery, Shaler Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, to reset the tombstones of such persons on their graves when reinterred, and to sell the cemetery by general warranty deed to the University of Pittsburgh.

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2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Craig v. First Presbyterian ChurchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1879
  2. Kincaid's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1870
  3. Brown v. Lutheran ChurchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1854
  4. Walter v. BaldwinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  5. Appeal of GumbertSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1885

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