Legal Opinion

Conversion Center Charter Case

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 25, 1957No. Appeal, 98PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Me. Justice Chidsey,

This appeal is from the order of the court below refusing to grant a charter under the provisions of the Nonprofit Corporation Law of May 5, 1933, P. L. 289, as amended, 15 PS §2851 et seq., to a proposed corporation of the second class, to be known as The Conversion Center, Inc.

Article II, §201 of the Act provides: “Five or more natural persons of full age and of either sex, married or single, at least three of whom are residents of the Commonwealth and citizens of the United States, its territories or possessions, may form a nonprofit corporation under the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Minersville School District v. GobitisSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  3. Deutsch-Amerikanischer Volksfest-VereinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Nottingham Fire Co. Character CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  2. In Re Estate of LaningSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  3. Leal v. Holy Spirit Ass'n for Unification of World ChristianityCalifornia Supreme Court · 1988
  4. Com. v. Hicks, C.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2023
  5. Community Legal Services, Inc., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1967

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