Incorporation of the Matki Boski Bolesne Polish National Catholic Church

Citations

• 67 Pa. Super. 493
• 1917 Pa. Super. LEXIS 441

Syllabus

<p>Corporations — Charter—Names—Confusion of names — Church charter — Discretion of court.</p> <p>The appellate court will not review the discretion of the Court of Common Pleas in refusing to grant a charter to a church congregation where the name of the corporation is designated as “Matki Boski Bolesne Polish National Catholic Church,” where it appears that there had been a Roman Catholic Church in the same town, known in community parlance as the Polish Catholic Church; that the purpose of the application was to secure the incorporation of a schismatic body which had received the censure and condemnation of the constituted authorities of the Roman Catholic Church; and that the granting of such a charter would lead' to discord'and'strife in the community'and to controversy effecting title to real and'personal property.</p>