Philadelphia Lying-In Charity v. Maternity Hospital

Citations

• 29 Pa. Super. 420
• 1905 Pa. Super. LEXIS 346

Syllabus

<p>Corporations — Name—Conflicting names — Maternity hospital.</p> <p>The discretion of the court of common pleas in refusing to amend a charter by changing a name of a corporation from the Philadelphia Lying-In Charity to the Central Maternity and Hospital for Women, when such change is opposed by an older corporation of the name of The Maternity Hospital, will not be reviewed by the Superior Court, where the record discloses no abuse of discretion, and that the decree of the lower court was based upon a due consideration of local conditions and of all the pertinent facts and circumstances bearing upon the situation.</p>