Commonwealth v. Gill
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
A writ of quo warranto was issued at this term, by leave of tbe * Court, against William Grill, and others, at the relation of Peter Fritz, and others, upon the following suggestión filed.
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A writ of quo warranto was issued at this term, by leave of tbe * Court, against William Grill, and others, at the relation of Peter Fritz, and others, upon the following suggestión filed. “ In the Supreme Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, of December term, 1837. City and County of Philadelphia, ss. / Be it remembered, that Peter Fritz, Benjamin Duncan, Ilenry Huber Jr., Thomas Fletcher, John M. Burns, Thomas P. Huberts, Morgan Ash, John S. Warner, Charles ''Johnson Jr., Thomas T. Ash, Samuel Eckstein, Joseph L., Hutton, and William C. Hudman, who sue for the commonwealth in…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Rogers, J.
This is a writ of quo warranto, issued by leave of Court, at the suggestion of Peter Eritz et al. commanding William Gill and others, to show by what authority they exercise the offices, and liberties, of directors of the Philadelphia *Savings Institution; and in the latter case, by what authority they claim to be members of the institution. The respondents have filed a plea in bar, to which the relators have demurred specially.
The case, as it appears from the pleadings, is this. On the 5th of April, 1834, the legislature incorporated the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Case of Philadelphia Savings InstitutionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1836
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