Brnilovich v. St. George Independent Serbian Orthodox Church of Pittsburgh

Per Curiam,

Emil Brnilovich secured a mandamus against the St. George Independent Serbian Orthodox Church of Pittsburgh, a Pennsylvania corporation, compelling it to permit the burial of his daughter, five years of age, in the cemetery owned and operated by the church. Petitioner stated the church refused his application to purchase burial space and permission to bury his child. The court below in granting the writ ordered the church to sell a burial space to the petitioner upon the payment of the usual fee. It was further ordered that in event the decree was reversed on appeal, the child’s…