St. Joseph's Lithuanian Roman Catholic Church's Petition
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 229, Jan. T., 1921, by John Zernosky, from decree of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Nov. T., 1919, No. 132, overruling exceptions to petition, In re Petition of Trustees of St. Joseph’s Lithuanian Roman Catholic Church of Mahanoy City. Petition for leave to borrow money. Before Bechtel, P, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court entered a decree in accordance with the prayer of the petition. John Zernosky, a member of the congregation, appealed.
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Appeal, No. 229, Jan. T., 1921, by John Zernosky, from decree of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Nov. T., 1919, No. 132, overruling exceptions to petition, In re Petition of Trustees of St. Joseph’s Lithuanian Roman Catholic Church of Mahanoy City. Petition for leave to borrow money. Before Bechtel, P, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court entered a decree in accordance with the prayer of the petition. John Zernosky, a member of the congregation, appealed. Error assigned, inter alia, was above decree, quoting it.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Simpson,
St. Joseph’s Lithuanian Roman Catholic Church of Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, is an unincorporated religious society, part of whose property is used for a cemetery, and upon the balance have been erected a church, parish house, parsonage and other buildings. Appellees, as trustees of the property, presented a petition to the court below, asking leave to borrow $21,000 for its repair and improvement; appellant, having been given leave to intervene, filed' exceptions and an answer, both of which were dismissed and the prayer of the petition granted; thereupon this…
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