Legal Opinion

Defender Ass'n of Philadelphia Articles of Incorporation Amendment Case

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 27, 1970No. Appeal, No. 223Published

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

Per Curiam,

This is an appeal from the approval of certain amendments to the articles of incorporation of the Philadelphia Defender Association. Such approval is *528required under the Nonprofit Corporation Law, Act of May 5, 1933, P. L. 289, art. VII, §707, as amended, 15 P.S. §7707. Since the Nonprofit Corporation Law is silent on the question of an appeal in this type of case, an appeal in the nature of a broad certiorari was formerly allowable directly to this Court. See Nottingham Fire Co. Charter Case, 394 Pa. 631, 632, 149 A. 2d 119 (1959) ; In re Elkland Leather Workers’…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In Re Elkland Leather Workers' Ass'n, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  2. Plains Township School District AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
  3. Nottingham Fire Co. Character CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959

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