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Sherman v. Yiddisher Kultur Farband

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 15, 1953No. Appeal, 139PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Allen M. Stearns,

May petitioners, who are not members of a nonprofit corporation, intervene and petition the court of common pleas to revoke its decree of incorporation, upon the ground that such decree had been obtained through fraudulent misrepresentation?

The Yiddisher Kultur Farband, also known as Jewish Culture Association, in proceedings under the Nonprofit Corporation Law of May 5, 1933, P. L. 289, obtained a charter from the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County on May 22, 1944- The application stated that the purposes for which the corporation was formed were…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Schermer v. FranekSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
  2. Commonwealth v. Amer. Baseball Club of Phila.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  3. Commonwealth ex rel. McLaughlin v. CluleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1867
  4. Wiegand v. the Barnes FoundationSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
  5. Commonwealth ex rel. Butterfield v. McCarterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1881

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Barcia v. FenlonCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  2. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Truscott v. Yiddisher Kultur FarbandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
  3. Hughes v. Eleventh Ward Republican ClubSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
  4. City of Philadelphia v. LernerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  5. City of Philadelphia v. Lerner, N., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2016

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