St. Joseph's Lithuanian Roman Catholic Church's
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 266, Jan. T., 1922, by John Zernosky, from decree of C. P. Schuylkill Co., May T., 1921, No. 314, on petition for loan to borrow money, in re Petition of the Trustees of St. Joseph’s Lithuanian Roman Catholic Church of Mahanoy City. Petition under Act of June 7, 1917, P. L. 388, for leave to borrow money. Before Koch, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Petition allowed. John Zernosky, intervener, appealed.
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Appeal, No. 266, Jan. T., 1922, by John Zernosky, from decree of C. P. Schuylkill Co., May T., 1921, No. 314, on petition for loan to borrow money, in re Petition of the Trustees of St. Joseph’s Lithuanian Roman Catholic Church of Mahanoy City. Petition under Act of June 7, 1917, P. L. 388, for leave to borrow money. Before Koch, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Petition allowed. John Zernosky, intervener, appealed. Error assigned, inter alia, was decree, quoting it.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Schaffer,
This proceding was instituted by seven persons claiming to be trustees of St. Joseph’s Lithuanian Roman Catholic Church of Mahanoy City, having for its object the borrowing of a sum of money to repair the church *489property. It is opposed by a faction in the congregation which claims to be a majority of the membership.
The Revised Price Act of June 7, 1917, P. L. 388, provides that the court of common pleas shall have jurisdiction with respect to real estate “to authorize or confirm” the mortgaging thereof and that this jurisdiction shall be exercised among other…
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