Arguments of the Defendants' Counsel, and Judgment of the Supreme Court, U.S., in the Case of Vidal and Another, Complainants and Appellants, Versus the Mayor, Etc., of Philadelphia, the Executors of S. Girard, and Others, Defendants and Appellees, January Term, 1844: To which is Added the Will of Stephen GirardCrissy, printer, 1844 - 307 Seiten |
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... Eliz . Moor , 129 9 ; Partridge v . Walker , 37 Eliz . Duke , 360 ; Messenger v . Mayor of Gloucester , 36 Hen . VIII . Tothill , 58 , are all to the same effect . 3. The charter of the city of Philadelphia , is 5 * 53 The question is ...
... Eliz . Moor , 129 9 ; Partridge v . Walker , 37 Eliz . Duke , 360 ; Messenger v . Mayor of Gloucester , 36 Hen . VIII . Tothill , 58 , are all to the same effect . 3. The charter of the city of Philadelphia , is 5 * 53 The question is ...
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... Eliz . 2 Leon . 121 , 3 Leon . 175 , that a Corporation may con- vey by bargain and sale . It was objected by counsel that a corporation could not convey by bargain and sale , because they could not be seized to the use of another ; but ...
... Eliz . 2 Leon . 121 , 3 Leon . 175 , that a Corporation may con- vey by bargain and sale . It was objected by counsel that a corporation could not convey by bargain and sale , because they could not be seized to the use of another ; but ...
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... Eliz . - for Coventry was a city corpo- rate then , and had been for a long period before . Perhaps a stronger case of the capacity of a city corporation to act as trustees for a charity that does not concern their city at all , is the ...
... Eliz . - for Coventry was a city corpo- rate then , and had been for a long period before . Perhaps a stronger case of the capacity of a city corporation to act as trustees for a charity that does not concern their city at all , is the ...
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... Eliz . - the court said the trust was fastened to any estate the law would raise on failure of the trustee ; and the heir was decreed to be a trustee to the uses of the will . If a testator shall hold this language , that if the ...
... Eliz . - the court said the trust was fastened to any estate the law would raise on failure of the trustee ; and the heir was decreed to be a trustee to the uses of the will . If a testator shall hold this language , that if the ...
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... were sometimes what a Protestant would call superstitious , may be admitted ; but besides charity to the poor , the words included many charities of the same kind which the statute of 43 Eliz . expressly sanctions ; and indeed 64.
... were sometimes what a Protestant would call superstitious , may be admitted ; but besides charity to the poor , the words included many charities of the same kind which the statute of 43 Eliz . expressly sanctions ; and indeed 64.
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43 Eliz 43 Elizabeth Aldermen and Citizens Anabaptists applied appointed argument Attorney-General authority Baptist bequest bill Brentwood School charitable purposes charter Christian church Church of England Citizens of Philadelphia city of Philadelphia clause College colony commissioners common law complainants conscience Constitution Corporation Court of Chancery court of equity decease decision declared decree devise doctrine Duke duty Eliz established execution executors feoffees feoffment forever fund gift give and bequeath given ground heirs income inhabitants Judge judicial jurisdiction Keithian lands law of charitable law of England law of Pennsylvania legacy Lord Chancellor Lord Coke Lord Eldon Lord Keeper maintenance Mayor ment ministers objects opinion orphans parish Penn personal estate pious poor principles question real estate religion religious societies residue sect statute of 43 statute of Elizabeth statutes of Mortmain Stephen Girard superstitious testator's thereof tion trust validity void
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Seite 102 - All men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience and no preference shall ever be given by law to any religious establishments or modes of worship.
Seite 158 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years. For learning has brought disobedience and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both"!
Seite 43 - And he answered, and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these, which hear the word of God, and do it.
Seite 44 - Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
Seite 244 - In making this restriction, I do not mean to cast any reflection upon any sect or person whatsoever; but, as there is such a multitude of sects, and such a diversity of opinion amongst them...
Seite 6 - ... that all the instructors and teachers in the College shall take pains to instil into the minds of the scholars, the purest principles of morality, so that, on their entrance into active life, they may from inclination and habit, evince benevolence towards their fellow creatures, and a love of truth, sobriety, and industry, adopting at the same time such religious tenets as their matured reason may enable them to prefer.
Seite 90 - cast any reflection upon any sect or person whatso"ever; but as there is such a multitude of sects, and "such a diversity of opinion amongst them, I desire to "keep the tender minds of the orphans, who are to de"rive advantage from this bequest, free from the "excitement which clashing doctrines and sectarian "controversy are so apt to produce; my desire is, that "all the instructors and teachers in the college shall VOL.
Seite 244 - I enjoin and require that no ecclesiastic, missionary, or minister of any sect whatsoever, shall ever hold or exercise any station or duty whatever in the said College ; nor shall any such person ever be admitted for any purpose, or as a visitor, within the premises appropriated to the purposes of the said college...
Seite 17 - Pennsylvania charged as aforesaid) unto the Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of Philadelphia their successors and assigns, in trust to and for the several uses intents and purposes hereinafter mentioned and declared of and concerning the same, that is to say...
Seite 48 - Personal estate was vested by will in trustees, to be from time to time for ever applied " in the purchasing of such books, as by a proper disposition of them under the following directions might have a tendency to promote the interests of virtue and religion, and the happiness of mankind...