Commonwealth ex rel. Gordon v. Graham
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Sur motion to quash writ of quo warranto: No. 109, to January Term 1870. On the 23d of October 1869, George Gordon and others filed a suggestion in the Supreme Court, setting forth that James Graham and others had been and were exercising the franchises and privileges of the board of trustees of “ The First Reformed Presbyterian Congregation in the City of Philadelphia;” that the said congregation is a corporation under a charter from the Commonwealth, which was also set out…
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Sur motion to quash writ of quo warranto: No. 109, to January Term 1870. On the 23d of October 1869, George Gordon and others filed a suggestion in the Supreme Court, setting forth that James Graham and others had been and were exercising the franchises and privileges of the board of trustees of “ The First Reformed Presbyterian Congregation in the City of Philadelphia;” that the said congregation is a corporation under a charter from the Commonwealth, which was also set out at large. The following were articles in the charter:— “ Art. 4. That there shall be a board of trustees which shall…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered,
by Read, J.
— This is a writ of quo warranto, and the suggestion, filed and verified by affidavit, sets forth the charter of incorporation of “ The First Reformed Presbyterian Congregation in the City of Philadelphia,” and that at the regular annual election for the members of the board of trustees of said congregation the said relators were in due and regular form of law elected as a *342board of trustees of said congregation, and have been recognised by the session of the said congregation as being in full communion with the said church; and it then charges…
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