Commonwealth ex rel. Clements v. Arrison
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
information in nature of a quo warranto. A rule was granted by the court, in this case, against Matthew Arrison and others, the defendants, to show cause why an information in nature of a quo warranto, should not be filed against them for exercising the office of “ Trustees of the Ninth Presbyterian Church in PhiladelphiaThe defendants now objected, in the first instance, that the office they exercised was not the subject of an information of this description; and the point…
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information in nature of a quo warranto. A rule was granted by the court, in this case, against Matthew Arrison and others, the defendants, to show cause why an information in nature of a quo warranto, should not be filed against them for exercising the office of “ Trustees of the Ninth Presbyterian Church in PhiladelphiaThe defendants now objected, in the first instance, that the office they exercised was not the subject of an information of this description; and the point was argued by
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Tilghman, C. J.
A rule was laid on the defendants, to show cause why an information in nature of a writ of quo warranto should not be filed against .them, for exercising the office of “ Trustees of the Ninth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia.”
Before entering into the merits of the ease, the counsel for the defendants made a preliminary point, viz. that the office exercised by the defendants was a mere private matter, in which the public had no concern, and therefore not the subject of an information. This point was fully and well argued, and the court…
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