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  • In Re Benninghoff

    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 timesPublished
  • Toye 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 timesPublished
  • Foley 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 timesPublished
  • Barrick v. Tennis

    934 A.2d 1154 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 16, 2007

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  • Cresson's Appeal

    30 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 timesPublished
  • Parks Superior Sales, Inc. v. Bureau of Prof'l & Occupational Affairs

    184 A.3d 942 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Apr 30, 2018

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  • Kuca 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 timesPublished
  • Program 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 timesPublished
  • PA 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 timesPublished
  • Pittsburgh 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 timesPublished
  • Harlan v. Harlan

    15 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 timesPublished
  • Susquehanna 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 timesPublished
  • Barrick v. Tennis

    594 Pa. 44 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 16, 2007

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  • Spann 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 timesPublished
  • Bogadek v. Butkovic

    336 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 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Cleary

    148 Pa. 26 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 28, 1892

    .” *38 In Com. v. … In Brown v.

    Cited 22 timesPublished
  • Delaware 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 timesPublished
  • Stickney 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 timesPublished
  • Groen v. Mittman

    464 Pa. 246 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 22, 1975

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  • Ross v. Soles

    1 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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