Commonwealth v. Philanthropic Society
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
N motion of Delaney, a rule was granted at a former day upon the defendants, to shew cause why a man~ damns should not issue to restore William M. Stewart to the stanchng and rights of a member of the Philanthropic Society.
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N motion of Delaney, a rule was granted at a former day upon the defendants, to shew cause why a man~ damns should not issue to restore William M. Stewart to the stanchng and rights of a member of the Philanthropic Society. Sergeant on shewing cause, produced the affidavit of the President of the Society, together with the articles of incorporation, and certain proceedings, by which it appeared, that the Corporation were authorised to expel any member who was concerned in scandalous or improper proceedings, which might injure the reputation of the Society; and that under this article, after a…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
The return to this rule sets forth an expulsion of the prosecutor, and the causes of it. By the 13th section of the articles of the Society, certain causes of expulsion are enumerated, which consist of being concerned in scandalous or improper proceedings, which may injure the reputation of the Society; and under this section he was expelled. It appears by the minutes of the expulsion, that he had made a demand upon the Society for relief, agreeably to the rules of the institution, and had presented to them a physician’s bill, which he alleged he had paid, amounting to forty…
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