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PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL v. PHILADELPHIA

No. 349.

245 U.S. 20 (1917)

38 S.Ct. 35

62 L.Ed. 124

CONTRIBUTORS TO THE PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 5, 1917.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Owen J. Roberts, with whom Mr. Charles Biddle and Mr. J. Rodman Paul were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. John P. Connelly and Mr. Ernest Lowengrund, with whom Mr. Joseph G. Magee was on the brief, for defendants in error.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

Whether contract obligations were impaired in violation of rights of the plaintiff in error protected by the Constitution of the United States as the result of the decision below, is the sole question we are called upon to decide on this record. It thus arises:

The plaintiff in error, a charitable institution, was organized under the laws of Pennsylvania and in 1841 it established on a tract of land...

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