American Sunday School Union v. City of Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 316, Jan. T., 1894, by plaintiff, from decree of'C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., March T., 1892, No. 503, dismissing bill in equity. Bill to restrain collection of tax.
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Appeal, No. 316, Jan. T., 1894, by plaintiff, from decree of'C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., March T., 1892, No. 503, dismissing bill in equity. Bill to restrain collection of tax. The case was referred to C. W. McKeehan, Esq., as master, who after reciting the incorporating acts of April 15,1845, P. L. 454; Feb-8, 1847, P. L. 71, and March 29, 1855, P. L. 148, found the facts as follows: “ The American Sunday School Union was founded in 1824 by the merging of the Philadelphia Sunday and Adult School Union, founded in 1817, and other smaller organizations of a similar character in different parts of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Dean,
The corporation known as the American Sunday School Union has its principal place of business in the city of Philadelphia. It occupies No. 1122 Chestnut street, the lot fronting on the street thirty-five feet, and extending back to Sansom *312street two hundred and thirty-five feet. The building is large and valuable, and covers the whole lot. The society was incorporated by special act of assembly in 1845; its purpose, as declared in the 2d section of the act, is “ the erection and maintenance of Sunday schools, and the publication and circulation of moral and…
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