Legal Opinion

DeChamplain v. P. & R. Home Ass'n

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 17, 1952No. Appeal, No. 88PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Ditheich, J.,

The corporate appellee, P. & R. Home Association, is a nonprofit corporation, incorporated September 6, 1921, under the Act of April 29, 1874, and supplements thereto. It was organized on a nonstock basis for the purpose of maintaining a club for social enjoyment, but at no time was such a club maintained. Its membership was limited to those employes of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company, who were also members of Subordinate Lodge No. 168, American Federation of Railroad Workers. A portion of the monthly dues paid to the Lodge by its members was paid over to…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. PaineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1903
  2. Nokomis Tribe Red Men Dissolution CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  3. Flaherty v. Mfrs' Club of Phila.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
  4. Singer v. Brith Achim Beneficial Ass'nSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1940

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. In re the Board of Directors of the State Police Civic Ass'nCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  2. Baldwin v. Rose Tree Fox Hunting ClubSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  3. Dissolution of Labor Lyceum, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Berks County1965

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