Deutsch-Amerikanischer Volksfest-Verein
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 350, Jan. T., 1900, by Deutsch-Amerikanischer Volksfest-Yerein, from order of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., June T., 1900, No. 1119, refusing application for a charter. Application for charter.
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Appeal, No. 350, Jan. T., 1900, by Deutsch-Amerikanischer Volksfest-Yerein, from order of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., June T., 1900, No. 1119, refusing application for a charter. Application for charter. George W. Reed, Esq., to whom the application was referred as master, reported the facts to be as follows : The proposed charter for the Deutsch-Amerikanischer Volksfest-Vereinis evolved from and grows out of an unincorporated society of the same name, over five years old and having the same social and charitable ends in view. This old society is composed of persons of German and American birth,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mitchell,
Appellants, members of an unincorporated society, applied for a charter, setting out that “ the purposes for which the corporation is formed are to encourage social intercourse among its- members and their families, to accumulate a fund by gifts and dues of its members, and to apply the said fund for the re*145lief of its members and their families, and to other charitable purposes.”
A master to whom the application was referred, reported that the application was in proper form, the purposes within those named in the' first class under section 2 of the Act of April…
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