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170 Pa. 236

Manning v. Shoop

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 18, 1895

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1895-07-18

Appeal, No. 26, May T., 1895, by plaintiffs, from decree of C. P. Dauphin Co., No. 153, Equity Docket, on bill in equity. Bill in equity to restrain the occupation of the pulpit and parsonage of a church. The case was referred to a master who reported in favor of the plaintiffs.

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently January 1951

2 state decisions

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Affirmed · Decided 1895-07-18

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Per Curiam:

¶1The single question presented by this appeal is whether the learned court erred in decreeing “that the corporation, the Seybert’s Church of the Evangelical Association of Williams-town, Pa., pay the costs accrued in this case out of the funds and property of said corporation.”

¶2It is conceded that in cases such as this, the courts are invested with discretionary authority as to the disposition of costs. In view of the facts disclosed by the record in this case we are fully satisfied that the discretion, with which the learned president of the common pleas was thus invested, was wisely and justly exercised, and the decree should not be disturbed.

¶3Decree affirmed and appeal dismissed with costs to be paid by appellants.

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