Legal Opinion

Ignatowski v. St. Mary's Polish Catholic Cemetery Co.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 14, 1953No. Appeal, No. 40PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Gunther, J.,

Prank Ignatowski, appellant, brought this suit in equity against St. Mary’s Polish Catholic Cemetery and the Reverend John Mickun, Rector of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church. Later, at the instance of the court, Dennis Cardinal Dougherty, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, who held title to the property of St. Mary’s Cemetery, was named additional defendant. When Archbiship O’Hara succeeded Cardinal Dougherty as Archbishop of Philadelphia, he was substituted as additional defendant. . .

Appellant’s mother, Amelia Ignatowski, purchased a lot in St. Mary’s…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Dries v. Evans Cemetery Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
  2. Cedar Hill Cemetery Co. v. LeesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1903
  3. Campbell v. Neshannock Presbyterian ChurchSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
  4. Slifer v. Greenmount Cemetery Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
  5. Walacavage v. WalacavageSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1951

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Di Cristofaro v. Laurel Grove Memorial ParkNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1957
  2. Cristofaro v. Laurel Grove Memorial ParkNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1957
  3. Moore v. Forest Lawn Gardens, Inc., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Alleghany County1967
  4. Zeitlin Estate, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1979

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