In re First Presbyterian Church of Bloomfield
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Certiorari to the Court of Common Pleas No. 2, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term, 1884 , No. 151. The record showed the following: Petition, filed June 23d, 1884, by the First Presbyterian Church of Bloomfield, a corporation incorporated by the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny county, under charter dated July 27tli,l 872, recorded in the office of Recorder of Deeds in said county, setting forth that tiie corporation desires to amend its said charter and…
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Certiorari to the Court of Common Pleas No. 2, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term, 1884 , No. 151. The record showed the following: Petition, filed June 23d, 1884, by the First Presbyterian Church of Bloomfield, a corporation incorporated by the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny county, under charter dated July 27tli,l 872, recorded in the office of Recorder of Deeds in said county, setting forth that tiie corporation desires to amend its said charter and change its name and title, as follows: That the first article of its present charter, which is as follows: “I. The name of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gordon
' The matter in hand has been brought before us on a writ of certiorari from the Common Pleas, hence, we are confined to an examination of those papers and docket entries which form the records of the case. With the evidence and those considerations which influenced the court in making up its decree, we have nothing to do. The power of the Court of Common Pleas to change the name of a corporation is found in the first section of the Act of April 20th, 1869; previously to the date of this Act, it had no authority to entertain proceedings for such purpose. This power is necessarily special, and…
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