Commonwealth Ex Rel. v. Stauffer

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Simpson,

The charter of Albright College provides that certain of its trustees shall be chosen by the East Pennsylvania Annual Conference of the United Evangelical Church. By this action of quo warranto, relators seek to have it adjudged that they, and not respondents, are the trustees selected by that conference. Admittedly the proper determination of their claim depends on whether or not the newly organized Evangelical Church was legally formed by the merger of the Evangelical Association and the United Evangelical Church. If it was, then respondents, who were selected…