Philadelphia Lying-In Charity v. Maternity Hospital
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 156, Oct. T., 1905, by plaintiff, from order of O. P. No. 1 Phila. Co., March T., 1888, No. 876, refusing to amend a charter in case of The Philadelphia Lying-In Charity v. The Maternity Hospital. Petition of the Philadelphia Lying-In Charity to change its name to The Central Maternity and Hospital for Women. The Maternity Hospital, located at 784 So.
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Appeal, No. 156, Oct. T., 1905, by plaintiff, from order of O. P. No. 1 Phila. Co., March T., 1888, No. 876, refusing to amend a charter in case of The Philadelphia Lying-In Charity v. The Maternity Hospital. Petition of the Philadelphia Lying-In Charity to change its name to The Central Maternity and Hospital for Women. The Maternity Hospital, located at 784 So. Tenth in the city of Philadelphia, filed the following exceptions to the petition: 1. Because the said proposed corporate name is misleading and confusing. 2. Because the name “ Central ” would indicate that the said hospital had…
1Opinion of the Court
Peb Ctjbiam,
This is an appeal from a decree refusing the appfellant’s petition to amend its charter by changing its name from the Phila*423delphia Lying-In Charity to the Central Maternity and Hospital for Women. The appellant’s petition sets forth valid reasons for changing the name of the corporation to one that will be more fully descriptive of the two classes of charitable work which fall within the scope of the charter as amended in 1888. But it does not clearly and satisfactorily appear that the name chosen is the only one that will accomplish the end desired, or that it is better adapted…
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