Legal Chronicle Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Pennssylvania and in the Courts of the First, Second, Third -- (Volume 1)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 edition. Excerpt: ... the powerful aid of equity may be invoked to redress the variety of recurring acts and never ending grievances of mankind, where the object is the prevention of irreparable damage, and where no legal remedy exists. If it were not so, it would be no more efficient than law, which, by reason of its universality, has long since been found deficient and unequal to the full and complete administration of justice. And now, to wit, October 20, 1873, it is, therefore, ordered, adjudged, and decreed, that the special injunction issued in this case, prohibiting the defendants from cutting timber on the land of complainants, remain until further order. George R. Kaercher and R. L. Ashhurst, Esqs., for plaintiff. Messrs. Hughes & Farquhar, for defendants. Supreme (Eonrt of Pennsgloonia. Robert J. Jones and Edmund C. Swift, executors of Elizabeth S. Swift, Deceased, vs. The Beneficial Society Of The Borough Of Easton. A beneficial society which is sustained by weekly dues paid by its members, and which pays benefits only to such of them as are m good standing, is not an association for charitable uses within the act of April 20, 1855, and a legacy to it would not be subject to said act. Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County. Opinion delivered May 17,1873, by Read, C. J.--The plaintiffs in this case are a beneficial society, both in name and by the provisions of their charter, and their benevolence and benefits are exclusively confined to contributory members of the association. The members must be regularly admitted, must not be infirm, must be citizens, and between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five years of age; and no person shall be entitled to any benefits from this society until he shall have been one year a member. Each person on...