Hamilton v. John C. Mercer Home
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, No. 10, Jan. T., 1910, by plaintiffs and No. 83, Jan. T., 1910, by defendants, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1908, No. 2,058, dismissing bill in equity in case of John McLure Hamilton, Ethel H. Lucas and the Provident Life & Trust Company, trustees under the will of Lydia I. Biddle, deceased, v. The John C. Mercer Home for Disabled (’¡ergymcn of the Presbyterian Faith. Bill in equity to declare failure of a charitable trust.
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Appeals, No. 10, Jan. T., 1910, by plaintiffs and No. 83, Jan. T., 1910, by defendants, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1908, No. 2,058, dismissing bill in equity in case of John McLure Hamilton, Ethel H. Lucas and the Provident Life & Trust Company, trustees under the will of Lydia I. Biddle, deceased, v. The John C. Mercer Home for Disabled (’¡ergymcn of the Presbyterian Faith. Bill in equity to declare failure of a charitable trust. Sulzberger, P. J., filed an opinion in part as follows: The bill prays for a decree that certain assets and property of the defendant derived…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The decree appealed from in No. 10, is affirmed at the cost of the appellant on the findings of the learned president judge of the common pleas that the charity had not failed. This conclusion makes it unnecessary to consider the question raised by the cross appeal of the defendant and it is dismissed.
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