Society for Visitation of Sick v. Commonwealth ex rel. Meyer
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia. This was a mandamus on the relation of Max S. Mayer, to restore him to his place as a corporator in The Society for the Visitation of the Sick and Burial of the Dead, from which he had been expelled. The society was incorporated under the Act of April 6th 1191, Purd. 194, authorizing the creation of corporations by the Supreme Court.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia. This was a mandamus on the relation of Max S. Mayer, to restore him to his place as a corporator in The Society for the Visitation of the Sick and Burial of the Dead, from which he had been expelled. The society was incorporated under the Act of April 6th 1191, Purd. 194, authorizing the creation of corporations by the Supreme Court. The objects of the association are :— 1. Should a member be taken sick, to visit him and to grant him consolation, advice and assistance. 2. In case any member die, to have him decently buried free of charge,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, March 26th 1866, by
Agnew, J.
In the court below Max S. Meyer, the relator, demurred to the return of the society to the alternative mandamus, and judgment was given for him. The relator was a member of a society of German Jews, styled “ The Society for the Yisitation of the Sick and the Burial of the Dead,” incorporated under the Act of 6th of April 1791. The first object of the society, set forth in the constitution, is thus stated ; “ Should a member be taken sick, to visit him, and to grant him consolation, advice and assistance.”
The relator was…
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