Commonwealth v. Woelper
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Quo Warranto. THIS was an information in the nature of a quo -warranto against George G. Woelper, George Honey, Frederick Frické, John N. Fisher, and Frederick Hceckley, five of the defendants, for usurping the office of vestrymen of the corporation called, The Ministers, Vestrymen, and Church-wardens of the German Lutheran Congregation in and near the city of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania: and against Henry Block, William Berg, and- John Kohler, the three other…
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Quo Warranto. THIS was an information in the nature of a quo -warranto against George G. Woelper, George Honey, Frederick Frické, John N. Fisher, and Frederick Hceckley, five of the defendants, for usurping the office of vestrymen of the corporation called, The Ministers, Vestrymen, and Church-wardens of the German Lutheran Congregation in and near the city of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania: and against Henry Block, William Berg, and- John Kohler, the three other defendants, for usurping the office of church-wardens in the same congregation. The defendants pleaded, that they were…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
This is an information in the nature of a quo warranto against the five first named defendants, for *31usurping the office of vestrymen of the corporation called, "The Ministers, Vestrymen, and Church-wardens of the "German Lutheran Congregation in and near the city of « Philadelphia,in the state of Pennsylvania” and against the three last named defendants for usurping the office of churchwardens. The defendants pleaded, that they were duly elected to their respective offices. The verdict was against them, and they have moved for a new trial.
1. The first reason assigned'for a new…
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