Estate of Rittenhouse

Citations

• 140 Pa. 172
• 21 A. 254
• 1891 Pa. LEXIS 823

Syllabus

<p>1. The vestry-men of a church, as the representatives of a corporate body, must meet, to take official action, and a resolution, declining to accept a legacy under a will, passed at a meeting at which there is not a quorum present, is void, although a copy of it is afterwards signed by an additional member making up a quorum.</p> <p>2. An instrument signed by the vestry-men of a church, authorizing and delegating the accounting warden, “to settle” a claim “ amicably and on the best terms and conditions obtainable and convenient with all the circumstances of the case,” is at most a revocable power of attorney, and not a submission to arbitration.</p>