2 Grant 240 | Pa. | 1858
The facts fully appear in the opinion of the court, delivered November 15, 1858, by
— This society desires to be incorporated, and presents for our approval its articles of association; among which, is one adopting the above name. We find no objection to any of them except this. We know of another Presbyterian Church in Harrisburg, and on inquiry of the petitioners, we learn that its corporate name is “ The English Presbyterian Congregation of Harrisburg.” We think that the names are too nearly alike. The-older church is naturally called, in common parlance, at home, the Presbyterian Church, and abroad, its location, Harrisburg, is added. The qualification, English, is quite naturally dropped as surplusage, when the whole Presbyterian population is English, and the words church and congregation are used indiscriminately.
In common parlance, therefore, the names are the same, and this will force each to accept, in common parlance, a new