St. Casimir's Polish Roman Catholic Church's Case
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 300, Jan. T., 1922, by trustees, from decree of C. P. Schuylkill Co., March T., 1921, No. 226, dismissing petition for appointment of trustees, in re Petition of Trustees of St. Casimir’s Polish Roman Catholic Church. Petition for appointment of trustees. Before Berger, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Petition dismissed. Petitioners appealed. Error assigned, inter alia, was decree, quoting it.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Schaffer,
Prior to March 1, 1920, petitioners were members of St. Casimir’s Polish Roman Catholic Church of Shenandoah. If appellee’s position is sustained, thereafter they ceased to be members, and for that reason had no standing to present to the court below the petition which gives rise to this controversy.
St. Casimir’s Church had a large congregation, almost a thousand in number. March 1, 1920, the duly constituted authorities of the Catholic Church divided the parish in which it belonged, and directed that all of its members on one side of the newly established…
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