Constitution Defense League v. Baldwin

Wickersham, J.,

This case came on to be heard, testimony was taken, and an opinion rendered in which we determined that the Constitution Defense League was a proper party plaintiff, having twice paid a mercantile tax in the City of Philadelphia; and that the defendant corporation was a denominational and sectarian institution, and that the appropriations made to it were therefore' unconstitutional and void: See 42 Dauph. 169.

To the opinion and decree nisi of the chancellor, counsel for the defendants have filed 57 exceptions. We will first direct our attention to exceptions 43, 44, 45, and 47,…