Cooke v. Marshall
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 68, Oct. T., 1898, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., March T., 1897, No. 684, on case stated. Case stated on quo warranto.
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Appeal, No. 68, Oct. T., 1898, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., March T., 1897, No. 684, on case stated. Case stated on quo warranto. From the case stated it appeared that on April 5, 1862, a corporation, named the Chartiers Cemetery Company, was created by special act of assembly; that immediately after the organization of the company, a certain amount of stock was issued, which was afterwards increased; that on February 15,1893, an informal meeting of some of the stockholders was held, changing ■the number of the board from five to seven, and electing a new board.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Gbeen,
The Chartiers Cemetery Company was created by an act of assembly approved the 5th day of April, 1862, P. L. 419. The 1st section of the act created certain named persons, and other persons who might become their associates, into a body corporate “by the name, style and title of the Chartiers Cemetery Company, and by that name shall have perpetual succession and shall be capable in law to have and use a common seal and from time to time change the same; to hold, purchase and dispose of property, real or personal, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any court…
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