Legal Opinion
Com. ex rel. Woodruff v. American Base Ball Club
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Dauphin County
Decided October 28, 1926No. 69Published
1Opinion of the Court
Hargest, P. J.,
This case arises upon a suggestion by the Attorney-General for a writ of quo warranto. An answer has been filed and a demurrer filed to the answer. The question presented is whether the defendant, by conducting on Sunday a game of professional base ball to which an admission fee is charged violates the Act of April 22, 1794, 3 Sm. Laws, 177? We find the following
Facts.
1. The American Base Ball Club of Philadelphia is a corporation of the State of Pennsylvania, chartered Dec. 24, 1913, pursuant to the act entitled “An act to provide for the incorporation and regulation of…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Hennington v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Federal Baseball Club of Baltimore, Inc. v. National League of Professional Baseball ClubsSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Petit v. MinnesotaSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
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