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  • Commonwealth ex rel. Verree v. Bringhurst

    103 Pa. 134 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Apr 16, 1883

    Section 2 of the Act declares ‘-'the affairs of said company shall he managed by a board of five directors, one of whom shall be the president, who shall he chosen by the stockholders. … That a right to vote by proxy is not a common law right, and therefore not necessarily incident to the shareholders in a corporation appears to have been recognized in Brown v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • James F. Oakley, Inc. v. Sch. Dist. of Phila.

    464 Pa. 330 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 30, 1975

    More recently, in Black and Brown, Inc. v. … See Black and Brown, Inc. v. Home for The Accepted, Inc., 233 Pa.Super. 518 , 335 A.2d 722 (1975).

    Cited 26 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Donaldson

    334 Pa. Super. 473 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 24, 1985

    Kelley v. Brown, 327 Pa. 136 , 193 A. 258 (1937) (judicial notice of facts (number of orders, number and disposition of cases, etc.) disclosed in annual report of Municipal Courts of Philadelphia); Sherman v. … The Commonwealth’s argument is based on the holdings in Commonwealth v. Brown, 497 Pa. 7 , 438 A.2d 592 (1981), and Commonwealth v. Lee, 297 Pa.Super. 216 , 443 A.2d 804 (1982).

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • In re Anonymous No. 16 D.B. 77

    39 Pa. D. & C.3d 296 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Apr 22, 1986

    PADOVA, Member, Pursuant to Rule 218(c) (5) of the Pennsylvania Rules of Disciplinary Enforcement, The Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (hereinafter re *297 ferred to as Disciplinary Board), submits … Curran, McGinley, Mundy, Brown and Ms. Heh did not participate in the adjudication.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • In re Anonymous No. 3 D.B. 86

    50 Pa. D. & C.3d 360 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jul 30, 1987

    The matter was referred to the board on May 13, 1987 and was adjudicated by the board on May 28, 1987. … McDonald, McGinley, Brown and Tumolo did not participate in the adjudication. ORDER .

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Lessee of Lewis v. Stammers

    1 U.S. 2 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Apr 15, 1759

    (e) In Morris v. Vanderen, post, p. 64, a will was allowed to go to the jury, under the same circumstances; but in Hylton v. Brown, 1 W. C. … stated in them to have been pioved before the board.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Johnston

    75 Pa. D. & C.4th 424 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Dec 15, 2004

    To the Honorable Chief Justice and Justices of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania: BROWN, Member, Pursuant to Rule 208(d)(2)(iii) of the Pennsylvania Rules of Disciplinary Enforcement, the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme … As with all disciplinary matters predicated on a criminal conviction, the issue before the board is the extent of discipline to be imposed on respondent. Office of Disciplinary Counsel v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Veronesi Bldg. & Remodeling, Inc. v. Workers' Comp. Appeal Bd.

    141 A.3d 483 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jul 7, 2016

    Cited 0 timesPublishedNo opinion text
  • Commonwealth v. McKean County

    200 Pa. 383 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jul 17, 1901

    Justice Brown, The commissioners of the county of McKean excluded from their return to the board of revenue commissioners of moneys at interest for the year 1896, taxable for state purposes, $193,700, represented by judgments … That there can be no taxation without assessment is true as a general proposition; but the learned counsel for the appellant, in calling our attention to Commonwealth v. Lehigh Valley R. R.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Diefenderfer v. Palmer Twp. Bd. of Supervisors

    141 A.3d 482 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jul 6, 2016

    Cited 0 timesPublishedNo opinion text
  • Guthrie v. Borough of Wilkinsburg

    505 Pa. 249 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jun 28, 1984

    See Beauty Hall, Inc. v. State Board of Cosmetology, 418 Pa. 225 , 210 A.2d 495 (1965). … See also, Huff v. County of Butler, 524 F.Supp. 751 (W.D.Pa.1981); Sullivan v. Brown, 544 F.2d 279 (6th Cir.1976).

    Cited 34 timesPublished
  • Harrisburg School District v. Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Ass'n

    453 Pa. 495 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Sep 19, 1973

    After testimony was heard by the Board of Control on October 16, 1971, the action of PIAA District III was sustained. … Shapiro v. Shapiro, 424 Pa. 120 , 224 A. 2d 164 (1966); Lanning Will, 414 Pa. 313 , 200 A. 2d 392 (1964); Sterrett v. Sterrett, 401 Pa. 583 , 166 A. 2d 1 (1960); Brown v. Gresh, 402 Pa. 35 , 165 A. 2d 629 (1960).

    Cited 42 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Pickron

    535 Pa. 241 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Dec 2, 1993

    The trial court suppressed the evidence based upon Commonwealth v. Brown, 240 Pa.Super. 190 , 361 A.2d 846 (1976). … United States v.

    Cited 49 timesPublished
  • Lente v. Luci

    275 Pa. 217 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jun 24, 1922

    The board and the court below sus* tained the referee’s findings. … in Pater v.

    Cited 125 timesPublished
  • Fritz v. Elk Tanning Co.

    258 Pa. 180 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 14, 1917

    The deliberate opinions of physicians as to the cause of illness are competent: Flaherty v. Scranton Gas & Water Go., 30 Pa. Superior Ct. 446 ; Brown v. Chester Traction Company, 230 Pa. 498 . … American Caramel Co., 225 Pa. 644 ; Lanahan v. Arasapha Mfg. Co., 240 Pa. 292 ; Kelliher v. Brown & Co., 242 Pa. 499 ; and see Krutlies v. Bulls Head Coal Co., 249 Pa. 162 .

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Long v. Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co.

    292 Pa. 164 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jan 3, 1928

    Brown, 291 Pa. 53, 59 . H. S. … In the words of the opinion in DeForrest v.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Wilkinsburg Boro. v. School District

    298 Pa. 193 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 3, 1929

    (n. s.) 1163, 1166; State Board of Health v. Jersey City, 55 N. J. Eq. 116, 35 Atl. 835 . “Formerly, the word sewer was used to indicate a fresh water trench, compassed on both sides with a bank...... … v.

    Questioned by City of Washington v. Johns, 81 Pa. Commw. 601 (1984)Cited 30 timesPublished
  • In re Anonymous No. 13 D.B. 85

    43 Pa. D. & C.3d 459 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 11, 1987

    forth in the board’s order of May 11, 1986. … Schwartzman, Curran, Mundy, Brown, Tumolo and Keller did not participate in the adjudication.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Gensemer v. Conestoga Traction Co.

    237 Pa. 224 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jul 2, 1912

    Justice Brown, The appellee, a woman over seventy years of age, was injured while attempting to alight from a car of the defendant company. … She boarded it in the city of Lancaster, for the purpose of going to a graveyard two or three miles distant.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • International Brotherhood of Firemen & Oilers, Local 1201 v. Board of Education of the School District

    500 Pa. 474 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 31, 1983

    This provision prevents an appointed body such as the Philadelphia School Board from being empowered to levy taxes. Danson v. Casey, 484 Pa. 415 , 399 A.2d 360 (1979). … School District of Philadelphia v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished

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