Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Brown

OPINION

JOSEPH S. LORD, III, District Judge.

This is an action brought by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Attorney General of the Commonwealth, the City of Philadelphia, and seven minor Negro male orphans, by their guardians. The individual plaintiffs sue in behalf of themselves and all others similarly sit uated. The defendants are the trustees of the Girard Estate. They are charged with the duty of administering Girard College, a charitable educational establishment created under the will of Stephen Girard.

The complaint alleges that the defendants have refused to admit the individual…