Legal Opinion
In Re Barnes Foundation
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 27, 2005No. 51 MM 2005, 59 MM 2005PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice SAYLOR.
This Court granted applications seeking an exercise of its extraordinary jurisdiction relative to an appeal challenging orphans’ court approval of the restructuring of a charitable institution known as the Barnes Foundation. The dispositive legal issue centers on the timeliness of the appeal.
The Barnes Foundation is a Pennsylvania non-profit corporation charged with implementation of a charitable trust focused on the advancement of art education and appreciation, and is presently located in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania. The Foundation recently obtained orphans’…
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