Manning v. Shoemaker
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 51, Oct. T., 1897, by plaintiffs, from definitive decree of C. P. Lehigli Co., April Term, 1896, No. 2, in equity, dismissing plaintiffs’ bill. Bill, answer and proofs.
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Appeal, No. 51, Oct. T., 1897, by plaintiffs, from definitive decree of C. P. Lehigli Co., April Term, 1896, No. 2, in equity, dismissing plaintiffs’ bill. Bill, answer and proofs. Before Albright, P. J. The facts sufficiently appear from the opinion of the court below: 1. In 1888 a number of ladies who worshipped as members of the congregation in Allentown known as Salem’s Church formed an unincorporated association and named it the “Salem’s Aid Society of the Evangelical Church of Allentown, Pa.” Said church was under the discipline of the Evangelical Association of North America. 2. Said…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
The right of the appellants to maintain their bill in equity depends entirely upon their relation to the original association after participating in the election of officers in 1891, at which time the differences between the adherents of Bishops Dubs and Esher assumed a definite form in the withdrawal from the association of those who espoused the cause of Bishop Esher.
The constitution and the management of the affairs of the association show clearly that this association of ladies was entirely independent of the control of the church of which they were members. It has…
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