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578 Pa. 402 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jun 24, 2004
We find the instant matter more analogous to the Commonwealth Court’s decision in Smith v. Brown, 139 Pa.Cmwlth. 304 , 590 A.2d 816 (1991). … denied Smith’s petition to set aside Brown’s nomination petition.
Cited 27 timesPublishedToye v. Exeter Borough School District
225 Pa. 236 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jun 22, 1909
The board of directors had power under the Act of June 25, 1885, P. L. 175, to elect the plaintiff for a term of three years: Burke v. School District, 28 Pa. Superior Ct. 16 . … The rule thus laid down was repeated, and followed in McCrea v.
Cited 12 timesPublishedFoley Bros., Inc. v. Commonwealth
400 Pa. 584 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jun 30, 1960
To which need be added only questions of fraud and good faith on the part of the Board: Land Holding Corp. v. … This is particularly so since we consider the Board as a judicial tribunal: Kaufman Construction Co. v. Holcomb, supra, ( 357 Pa. 514 ); Merchants’ Warehouse Co. v.
Cited 58 timesPublished30 Pa. 437 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jul 1, 1858
These eases, and many others, are collected in Magill v. Brown, Bright. 347. It is true, the statute of Elizabeth is not in force as a statute in Pennsylvania, but its principles are a part of our *451 common law. … The case of Magill v. Brown was a Pennsylvania case, and there it was held that a bequest for a fire engine and hose was a gift for a charitable use. In 7 Johns.
Cited 12 timesPublishedParks Superior Sales, Inc. v. Bureau of Prof'l & Occupational Affairs
184 A.3d 942 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Apr 30, 2018
Cited 0 timesPublishedKuca v. Lehigh Valley Coal Co.
268 Pa. 163 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jun 26, 1920
could be examined in deciding the question of law before the court: McCauley v. … But where it concerns merely the mode of procedure, it is applied, as of course, to litigation existing at the time of its passage: Kille v. Reading Iron Works, 134 Pa. 225, 227 ; Lane v.
Cited 137 timesPublishedProgram Administration Services, Inc. v. Dauphin County General Authority
593 Pa. 184 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Aug 20, 2007
Auth. v. … Compare Falls Township v. McManamon, 113 Pa.Cmwlth. 504, 508-09 , 537 A.2d 946, 947 (1988) (invalidating a holdover police-chief employment contract entered into by a lame-duck board of supervisors), and Moore v.
Cited 56 timesPublishedPA Dem Party. v. Boockvar Pet: Boockvar
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Sep 24, 2020
WILLIAMS : : : v. … BOARD : OF ELECTIONS; CARBON COUNTY : BOARD OF ELECTIONS; CENTRE : COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS; : CHESTER COUNTY BOARD OF : ELECTIONS; CLARION COUNTY BOARD : OF ELECTIONS; CLEARFIELD COUNTY : BOARD
Cited 0 timesPublishedPittsburgh Railways Co. Substation Operators & Maintenance Employees' Case
357 Pa. 379 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 24, 1947
v. … See Bethlehem Steel Company v. New York State Labor Relations Board, supra, 67 Sup. Ct. at 1030.
Cited 20 timesPublished15 Pa. 507 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Apr 21, 1851
To the same effect is Brown v. Caldwell, 10 Ser. & R. 114. … The truth is, Powell v. Smith merely affirms the principle ruled in Mather v. The Trinity Church, Baker v. Howell, Brown v. Caldwell, and other kindred cases.
Cited 14 timesPublishedSusquehanna Collieries Company's Appeal
335 Pa. 337 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 24, 1939
Philadelphia et al., 314 Pa. 298 ; Philadelphia v. Kolb, 288 Pa. 359 ; Clark v. Burschell, 220 Pa. 435 ; Rockhill Iron & Coal Co. v. Fulton County, 204 Pa. 44 ; Moore v. … The failure of the county Boards of Revision to make proper records of their proceedings, has resulted ■ in confusion in many cases and has been commented on by the appellate courts. See Graham v.
Cited 24 timesPublishedSpann v. Joint Boards of School Directors
381 Pa. 338 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Apr 18, 1955
al. v. … It is only where the board transcends the limits of its legal discretion that it is amenable to the injunctive processes of a court of equity: Detweiler v.
Cited 29 timesPublished336 Pa. 284 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 2, 1939
Courts will not entertain jurisdiction unless all the remedies afforded by the by-laws have been exhausted : Maloney v. United Mine Workers of America, 308 Pa. 251, 257 ; Lodge No. 19 v. Svi Sveti, 323 Pa. 292 ; West v. … Union League, 135 Pa. 301, 327 ; Commonwealth v. Heilman, 241 Pa. 374, 378 ; Maloney v. United Mine Workers of America, 308 Pa. 251, 256, 257 ; Lodge No. 19 v. Svi Sveti; 323 Pa. 292 ; Raynovic v.
Cited 14 timesPublished148 Pa. 26 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 28, 1892
.” *38 In Com. v. … In Brown v.
Cited 22 timesPublishedDelaware County National Bank v. Campbell
378 Pa. 311 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jun 28, 1954
Ross, 343 Pa. 573 , 23 A. 2d 737 ; Newport Township School District v. State Tax Equalization Board, 366 Pa. 603 , supra. Cf. also: Grime v. Department of Public Instruction, 324 Pa. 371 , 188 A. 337 . … Appellees also cite Glen Alden Coal Co. v. State Tax Equalization Board, 367 Pa. 63 , 79 A. 2d 645 , as holding that certiorari will not lie from an order of an administrative board.
Cited 49 timesPublishedStickney v. Chester County Communications, Ltd.
361 Pa. Super. 166 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 4, 1987
Hepps v. … See 6 Wigmore, Evidence, §§ 1788-90 (1976); Brown, Pennsylvania Evidence, pp. 129-131 (1949).
Cited 7 timesPublished1 Watts 43 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Sep 15, 1832
This case falls directly within the principle decided by this court in Honiter v. Brown, 1 Penn. … this court reversed the judgment of the court below on this point, and decided that Honiter was entitled to recover back the costs of Brown, which he had so paid.
Cited 1 timesPublished
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