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  • Brynelson v. Turner-Forman Concrete Steel Co.

    239 Pa. 346 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Feb 24, 1913

    Justice Brown, The appellant, a carpenter, was an employee of the appellee, and, in his action against it for its alleged negligence, nothing was shown except that, as he was descending on a ladder from an upper to a lower … the duty of the party or parties having charge of the construction of any new building hereafter erected in this Commonwealth, to have the joists or girders of each floor above the third story covered with rough scaffold boards

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Kirsch v. School District

    563 Pa. 513 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 27, 2000

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Wilson Partners v. BD. OF FINANCE & REV.

    558 Pa. 462 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 1, 1999

    Wilson Partners, L.P. v. Commonwealth, 723 A.2d 1079 (Pa.Cmwlth.1999). … See generally Commonwealth v.

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • Gutridge v. Pennsylvania Bd. of Probation and Parole

    615 Pa. 584 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 21, 2012

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  • Commonwealth v. Chiesa

    329 Pa. Super. 401 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jul 6, 1984

    Nearly half a century later in Air Pollution Variance Board v. … See, e.g., State v. Brown, 1 Or.App. 322 , 461 P.2d 836 (1969) (officer observed marijuana growing in open view in greenhouse); People v.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Harbel v. Unemployment Comp. Bd. of Review

    188 A.3d 1115 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jul 2, 2018

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Hoffman v. Pittsburg

    229 Pa. 36 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jul 1, 1910

    Justice Brown, Our assumption of original jurisdiction in this case is not to be regarded as a precedent whenever the validity of a proposed municipal loan is questioned. … In Hoyt v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Medina v. Workers' Comp. Appeal Bd.

    190 A.3d 1136 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Aug 13, 2018

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  • Commonwealth v. Warner

    504 Pa. 600 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 8, 1984

    Commonwealth v. Brown, 346 Pa. 192, 199 , 29 A.2d 793, 796-797 (1943). This policy is only applicable, however, where the conflict between the statutes is irreconcilable. 1 Pa.C.S. § 1933. Commonwealth v. … See also Commonwealth v. Brown, 269 Pa.Superior Ct. 150, 409 A.2d 108 (1979). The Legislature has recently amended Section 481 of the Welfare Code. It now reads: § 481.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Miners & Merchants Bank of Nanty-Glo Case

    313 Pa. 118 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 3, 1933

    Brown as special deputy for the Nanty-Glo bank, but the latter appointed Taylor as his agent to handle this transaction, inasmuch as he was more familiar with the matter. … The rule expressed in our cases is that such mistake, or ignorance of the law, is no ground for relief from an agreement entered into fairly and with full knowledge of the facts: Good v. Herr, 7 W. & S. 253 ; Norris v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Perkins v. Workers' Comp. Appeal Bd.

    182 A.3d 996 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 21, 2018

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  • Jackson v. Vaughn

    565 Pa. 601 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jul 18, 2001

    Pennsylvania Dental Ass’n v. Commonwealth Ins. Dep’t, 512 Pa. 217 , 516 A.2d 647, 652 (1986). A decision to deny mandamus is subject, to reversal only for abuse of discretion. Renziehausen v. … See generally Rogers v. Board of Probation and Parole, 555 Pa. 285 , 724 A.2d 319 (1999)(prisoner may not be paroled prior to expiration of minimum sentence). 4 The order of the Commonwealth Court is affirmed.

    Cited 34 timesPublished
  • Hutz v. Stefanak & Son

    525 Pa. 361 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 16, 1990

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Girard Will Case

    386 Pa. 548 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Nov 12, 1956

    It was said in Brown v. Hummel, 6 Pa. 86, 94 , 95: “It is the principle and not the individual instance that is to be considered. What private charity will next be disturbed and invaded? … In Kerr v.

    Reversed by Pennsylvania v. Board of Directors of City Trusts of Philadelphia, 353 U.S. 230 (1957)Cited 33 timesPublished
  • West Chester Area School District v. Collegium Charter School

    571 Pa. 503 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Dec 20, 2002

    Bullock v. … Collegium Charter School, 760 A.2d at 470 , see also Brackbill v. Ron Brown Charter School, 777 A.2d 131, 137 (Pa.Cmwlth.2001).

    Cited 41 timesPublished
  • Bonini v. Family Theatre Corp.

    327 Pa. 273 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 10, 1937

    To the same effect are Graff v. Williamsport Water Co. et al., 312 Pa. 255 , 167 A. 341 ; Com. ex rel. v. Reading Traction Co., 204 Pa. 151 , 53 A. 755 ; Erny v. G. W. Schmidt Co., 197 Pa. 475 , 47 A. 877 ; Balliet v. … Brown, 103 Pa. 546 ; Ashurst’s Appeal, 60 Pa. 290 .

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Shannon v. City of Erie

    534 Pa. 263 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 15, 1993

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Kirsch v. School District of Philadelphia

    762 A.2d 1081 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 27, 2000

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Thompson v. Read

    12 Serg. & Rawle 440 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jan 3, 1820

    In Hadkinson v. Robinson and Lubeck v. … Rep. 102 ; and that court still adheres to the same opinion, as we see in the case of Brown v. The Union Insurance Company, 12 Mass. Rep. 170 .

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  • Williams v. Finlaw, Mueller & Co.

    292 Pa. 244 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Nov 29, 1927

    Rep. 742; Noxon v. Bright, supra; Southampton Dock Co. v. Southampton, etc., Board, supra. … S., 576; Shepard v. Brown, 4 Giff. 208, 66 Eng. Rep. 681; Buel v. Selz, 5 Ill. App. 116 . The principle of these authorities clearly governs the case at bar.

    Cited 43 timesPublished

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