Legal Opinion
Anderson v. Mount Zion Cemetery Ass'n
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided August 30, 1962PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Marvel, Vice Chancellor:
Plaintiffs, who are allegedly members of Mount Zion Cemetery Association, brought this action for the primary purpose of preventing such defendant from selling a portion of its cemetery property. Mount Zion Cemetery Association is a non-profit corporation incorporated in 1903 for the purpose of maintaining a place of “sepulture or burial of the dead” in Wilmington, its charter providing inter alla that such corporation shall have the power “* * * to purchase, take, own, hold, deal in, * * * or in any manner whatever dispose of real property, wherever situated * * Title…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Chew v. First Presbyterian Church of Wilmington, Del., Inc.District Court, D. Delaware · 1916
- In re the Tonopah United Water Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1927
- Hill v. Towson Realty, Inc.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1996
- Trustees for the Baptist Church v. LairdCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1913
- Security Trust Co. v. WillettCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1953
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Silverbrook Cemetery Co. v. Board of Assessment ReviewSuperior Court of Delaware · 1976
- Wilmington Memorial Co. v. Silverbrook Cemetery Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1972
- Anderson v. Mount Zion Cemetery AssociationCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1962
- In re Mary R. Latimer TrustCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 2013
- Champion v. Williams, Court of Common Pleas of Ohio, Hamilton County1895