Legal Opinion

Woolman School's Application

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County

Decided September 18, 1929Published

1Opinion of the Court

Knight, J.,

— This is a petition by the Woolman School, a corporation, for authority to return a contribution of $10,000 to Mary W. Lippincott.

We gather from the petition the following facts: The Woolman School is a corporation of the first class and incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania in 1918 for the purpose of promoting social and religious education.

Between the years 1918 and 1925, the corporation conducted a school at Swarthmore, Delaware County. In 1925, Mary W. Lippincott gave and conveyed to the corporation a tract of land at Wyncote, this county, and the school was removed to…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Episcopal Academy v. Phila.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
  2. In re John C. Mercer Home for Disabled ClergymenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
  3. Humane Fire Company's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1879
  4. McKissick v. PickleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1851
  5. Jones v. RenshawSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889

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