Commonwealth v. Equitable Beneficial Ass'n
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY DEPENDANT FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF DAUPHIN COUNTY. No. 40 May Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 32 January Term 1889, C. P. On September 28, 1888, upon suggestion of tbe attorney general filed, tbe court below awarded a writ of quo warranto against tbe Equitable Beneficial Association of Pennsylvania, requiring tbe defendant to appear and show by what authority it claimed to have and use the franchises, liberties and privileges of being “ a body…
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APPEAL BY DEPENDANT FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF DAUPHIN COUNTY. No. 40 May Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 32 January Term 1889, C. P. On September 28, 1888, upon suggestion of tbe attorney general filed, tbe court below awarded a writ of quo warranto against tbe Equitable Beneficial Association of Pennsylvania, requiring tbe defendant to appear and show by what authority it claimed to have and use the franchises, liberties and privileges of being “ a body politic and corporate by the name of the Equitable Beneficial Association of Pennsylvania, to make contracts of insurance, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Clark:
This writ of quo warranto issued out of the Common Pleas of Dauphin county, upon the suggestion of the attorney general, against what is known as the Equitable Beneficial Association of Pennsylvania, commanding the said association to appear and show by what authority they were exercising the franchises, rights, and privileges of a body politic and corporate, by the name stated, and in that name making contracts and issuing policies of insurance. In response to the writ, the association sets forth that their warrant and authority is derived from a charter of…
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