Slifer v. Greenmount Cemetery Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Reno, J.,
The learned chancellor, affirmed by the court en banc, held a regulation of the cemetery company, requiring that lots be endowed for perpetual care as a condition precedent to the erection of monuments- thereon, invalid as to owners who purchased prior to the adoption of the regulation. From its decree enjoining , enforcement of the regulation against appellees, the company appealed. The decree will be affirmed.. •
Appellees are owners- of lots by devolution, and the deeds under which they hold are identical.. For the consideration of $168 the company by deed dated October…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Mitchell v. . ThorneNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
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- Buffalo City Cemetery v. . City of BuffaloNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Brown v. HillIllinois Supreme Court · 1918
- Dwenger v. GearyIndiana Supreme Court · 1888
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