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" The essential feature of a public use is that it is not confined to privileged individuals, but is open to the indefinite public. It is this indefinite or unrestricted quality that gives it its public character. "
Pennsylvania State Reports - Page 28
by Pennsylvania. Supreme Court - 1881
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Philadelphia Reports, Volume 12

Henry Edward Wallace - Law reports, digests, etc - 1882 - 696 pages
...or commuters, who pay an annual sum instead of a separate hire for each time of taking out a book. The essential feature of a public use is that it is...individuals, but is open to the indefinite public. It is this it>defiidte or unrestricted quality that gives it its public character. The smallest street in the...
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Weekly Notes of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court ..., Volume 43

Law reports, digests, etc - 1899 - 640 pages
...public charity, although the subject is more elaborately discussed, is compressed in these few words: "The essential feature of a public use. is that it...of the Commonwealth, and none the less so, because the vast majority of the citizens will never derive any benefit from its use. It is enough that they...
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The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General ..., Volume 40

Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1882 - 912 pages
...intervention of the attorney-general. Anou.,3Atk. 277. The essential features of a public charity are that it is not confined to privileged individuals,...open to the indefinite public. It is this indefinite, unrestricted quality, that gives it its public character. Donohugh's Appeal, 86 Penn. St. 30G. Masonry,...
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The Southern Law Review: And Chart of the Southern Law and Collection Union

Law - 1883 - 876 pages
...are, that its funds are derived from gifts and devises, and not from fees, dues, and assessments, and that it is not confined to privileged individuals, but is open to the indefinite public. A Masonic lodge is not a charitable or benevolent institution within part second of Revised Statutes,...
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Atlantic Reporter, Volume 42

Law reports, digests, etc - 1899 - 1158 pages
...public charity, although the subject Is more elaborately discussed, is compressed In these few words: "The essential feature of a public use is that it...gives It its public character. The smallest street hi the smallest village Is a public highway of the commonwealth, and none the less so because the vast...
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Cases in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania: Being Reports of All ..., Volume 2

Pennsylvania. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1891 - 858 pages
...public property. Burd Orphan Asylum v. School District, 90 Pa. 29 ; Erie Co. v. Erie, 113 Pa. 360. The essential feature of a public use is that it is...unrestricted quality that gives it its public character. Donohugh's Ap., 86 Pa. 306. And to the same effect is the case of Cumru Township v. Berks Co. Poor...
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Lawyers' Reports Annotated, Book 31

Law reports, digests, etc - 1896 - 916 pages
...been selected." Saltomtall v. Student, 11 Allen, 456. The essential elements of a public charity are that it is not confined to privileged individuals,...open to the indefinite public. It is this indefinite, unrestricted quality that gives it its public character. Donohugh'g Appeal, 86 Pa. 306; Banyar v. Hiring...
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Wisconsin Reports, Volume 96

Wisconsin. Supreme Court, Frederic King Conover, Frederick William Arthur, Frederick C. Seibold, Arnold LeBell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1898 - 772 pages
...(1) that its funds are derived from gifts and devises, and not from fees, dues, and assessments; (2) that it is not confined to privileged individuals, but is open to the indefinite public. Bangor v. Rising Virtue Lodge, 73 Me. 428; Att'y Gen. v. Proprietors of Federal Street Meeting House,...
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Digest of Decisions of the Treasury Department and of the Board of U.S ...

United States. Department of the Treasury - Customs administration - 1901 - 252 pages
...included in one invoice, are free of duty under said paragraph 503. (TD 22079— GA 4673; March 8, 1900.) The essential feature of a public use is that it is...individuals, but is open to the indefinite public. If the use is of such a nature as concerns the public, and the right to its enjoyment is open to the...
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Lawyers' Reports Annotated, Book 55

Law reports, digests, etc - 1902 - 1054 pages
..."purely" being equivalent to "wholly." Episcopal Academy v. Philadelphia, 150 Pa. 5C5, 25 Atl. 55. The essential feature of a public use is that it is...to the indefinite public. It is this indefinite or unrestrained quality that gives it its public character. Donohuyh's Appeal, 86 Pa. 306; Philadelphia...
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