Contributors to the Pennsylvania Hospital v. City of Philadelphia
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
Whether contract obligations were impaired in violation of rights of the plaintiff in error protected by the Constitution of the United States as the result of the decision below, is the sole question we are called upon to decide on this record. It thus arises:
The plaintiff in error, a charitable institution, was organized under the laws of Pennsylvania and in 1841 it established on a tract of land in the City of Philadelphia a hospital for the care and cure of the insane. Solicitous lest the opening of streets, lanes and alleys through its grounds might injuriously affect the performance of…
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