McDowell v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 83, Oct. T., 1915, by plaintiff, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1915, No. 857, sustaining defendant’s demurrer to plaintiff’s statement of claim and entering judgment thereon in case of Alexander McDowell, Jr., v. John L Wilson, John H. Porter, Herman Bruder, Donald Clark, Thomas Wallace and Joseph B. Dilks. Trespass to recover damages for expulsion from a church office. Before Swearingen, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 83, Oct. T., 1915, by plaintiff, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1915, No. 857, sustaining defendant’s demurrer to plaintiff’s statement of claim and entering judgment thereon in case of Alexander McDowell, Jr., v. John L Wilson, John H. Porter, Herman Bruder, Donald Clark, Thomas Wallace and Joseph B. Dilks. Trespass to recover damages for expulsion from a church office. Before Swearingen, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court sustained a demurrer to the statement of claim and entered judgment for defendants. Plaintiffs appealed. Error…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
In this action of trespass, the plaintiff in this case sought to recover damages from the defendants for their conduct in wrongfully expelling him from his office of trustee in the Grant Street Reformed Presbyterian church, and from membership in said church. Defendants demurred to plaintiff’s statement of claim upon the ground that the alleged cause of action was exclusively within the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical tribunal which acted upon it, and the civil court was without jurisdiction; further, that no civil or property rights were involved. The court…
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- Bedford Springs Co. v. McMeenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
- Commonwealth ex rel. Gordon v. GrahamSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1870
- Evans v. Philadelphia ClubSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1865
- Dayton v. CarterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1903
- Commonwealth v. Philanthropic SocietySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1813
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