Cedar Hill Cemetery Co. v. Lees
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 186, Oct. T., 1902, by-defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Philadelphia County, March T., 1901, No. 1828, for plaintiff on case stated in case of Cedar Hill Cemetery Company v. Thomas Lees. Case stated to determine right of defendant to do work in a cemetery. The material facts of the case stated are set forth in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was in entering judgment for plaintiff on case stated.
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Appeal, No. 186, Oct. T., 1902, by-defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Philadelphia County, March T., 1901, No. 1828, for plaintiff on case stated in case of Cedar Hill Cemetery Company v. Thomas Lees. Case stated to determine right of defendant to do work in a cemetery. The material facts of the case stated are set forth in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was in entering judgment for plaintiff on case stated. Corporations have not unlimited authority' to enact bylaws. They cannot adopt such as are contrary to the charter, unreasonable against public policy, or in…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beaveb, J.,
The plaintiff, in whose favor a judgment was entered in the court below upon a case stated, is a cemetery association, under deeds from whom certain lots were conveyed to sundry individuals for purposes as set forth in the habendum of the said several deeds, “ for the uses and purposes of a burial ground or place of sepulture for deceased human bodies, except people of color, and to and for no other use or purpose whatsoever, under and subject to all the rules, regulations, conditions and restrictions contained and set forth in the charter, constitution and by-laws of…
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