Case law

Commonwealth v. Knowles

459 Pa. 70 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 16, 1974

Brown v. United States, 411 U.S. 223 , 93 S.Ct. 1565 , 36 L.Ed.2d 208 (1973), did not involve a possessory crime and the Commonwealth’s reliance on it is wide of the mark. … The first two elements of Brown’s holding are irrelevant under the facts of this case. As in Jones v.

Zeber Appeal

398 Pa. 35 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Dec 30, 1959

Crede v. Pittsburgh, 355 Pa. 369 , 49 A. 2d 700 (1946); Wagner v. Pittsburgh, 352 Pa. 647 , 44 A. 2d 261 (1945); McCrory v. Philadelphia, 345 Pa. 154 , 27 A. 2d 55 (1942) ; Gretton v. … Raffel v.

Lennox v. Clark

372 Pa. 355 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jan 5, 1953

In Selig v. … Smillie v.

Bowman v. Gum, Inc.

327 Pa. 403 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Apr 23, 1937

In Republican Mountain Silver Mines v. Brown, 58 Fed. 644, 647 , the rule was stated as follows by Thayer, J.: “Corporations are in a certain sense legislative bodies. … Our prior decisions have applied that rule: Hlawati v. Maeder-Hlawati Co., 289 Pa. 233 , 137 A. 235; Hall v. City Park Brewing Co., 294 Pa. 127, 133 , 143 A. 582 ; compare Schipper v.

Pennsylvania Railroad Co.'s Appeal

115 Pa. 514 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 4, 1886

Union street, and passing by and along the whole length of the properties on said Brown street owned by your orators respectively.” … All persons who merely travel on Brown street suffer the same kind of inconvenience or injury, though the suffering may differ in degree.

Heffner v. Knepper

6 Watts 18 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 15, 1837

Great stress was laid on the word, survivors, and the case of Pells v. Brown, Cro. Jac. 590, relied on as an authority for construing it an executory devise. … Clark v. Baker, 3 Serg. & Rawle 470 ; Gause v. Wiley, 4 Serg. & Rawle 409 ; Caskey v. Brown, 17 Serg. & Rawle 441 . The last case was in 1835, Sharp v.

Wyszynski v. Philadelphia

370 Pa. 632 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 27, 1952

This Court has so decided, and that such procedure and remedy is exclusive: Taylor v. Moore, 303 Pa. 469 , 154 A. 799 ; White v. Old York Road Country Club, 318 Pa. 346 , 178 A. 3 ; Wojnar v. … The present appellants have given the board of adjustment no opportunity to reverse the Bureau: See sec. 9, Zoning Act, supra, 53 PS sec. 3830. In Ventresca v.

In Re Subpoena on Jud. Inq. & Rev. Bd.

512 Pa. 496 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Nov 19, 1986

V, § 18(g), (h) (emphasis added). … Illinois Judicial Inquiry Board v.

Krehel Appeal

419 Pa. 86 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 4, 1965

court charging him with unprofessional conduct “in that [he] did on September 18, 1964, as Chairman of the Board of Arbitrators appointed to hear an action in trespass, . . . being the case of Elroy Hack v. … a criminal matter and that the money had not been paid for the purpose of influencing Krehel’s action as an arbitrator in the civil case of Hack v.

Kindle v. COM., ST. BD. OF NURSE EXAM.

512 Pa. 44 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 6, 1986

In accepting that argument, the court cited its previous opinions in Ullo v. Com., State Board of Nurse Examiners, 41 Pa.Cmwlth. 204 , 398 A.2d 764 (1979) and Conlon v. … In the recent decision of Weinberg v.

Enokay, Inc. Appeal

407 Pa. 593 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 21, 1962

Board denied the application for the variance on the ground that the applicant had failed to prove unnecessary hardship. Board also refused the request for the special exception. … Richman v. Zoning Board of Adjustment, 391 Pa. 254 , 137 A. 2d 280 (1958). Mere “economic” or “financial” loss will not, standing alone, constitute a sufficient hardship. Sylvester v.

Calabria v. State Workmen's Insurance Fund

333 Pa. 40 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Nov 29, 1938

In Horn v. … L. 1552, 1585, is not applicable to this proceeding. 3 The order of the referee, unappealed from, became the order of the Board: Manley v. Lycoming Motors Corp., 83 Pa. Superior Ct. 173, 177 ; Conley v.

Commonwealth v. Dauphin County

354 Pa. 556 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 28, 1946

State Employes’ Retirement System v. Dauphin County, 335 Pa. 177, 178 , 6 A. 2d 870 . … The proper method of restraining the assessment and collection of taxes for want of power to tax is by bill in equity: Barnes Foundation v. Keely, 314 Pa. 112 , 171 A. 267 ; Dougherty, Trustee, v.

Brentwood Borough School District Appeal

439 Pa. 256 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jul 2, 1970

Elias v. Board of School Directors, 421 Pa. 260 , 218 A. 2d 738 (1966). … In Smith v.

Ritzie Appeal

372 Pa. 588 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Feb 13, 1953

into . . .”: see Ritzie v. … In Ehret v.

Better Bets Ventures, LLC v. PGCB, Aplt.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 20, 2025

LLC v. Pa. Pub. Util. Comm’n, 234 A.3d 665, 667- 68 (Pa. 2020)). … Supply, Inc. v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 131 A.3d 977, 984 (Pa. 2016); Warrantech Consumer Prod. Servs. v. Reliance Ins. Co. in Liquidation, 96 A.3d 346, 354-55 (Pa.

Brozzetti, M. v. PGCB, Aplt.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 20, 2025

LLC v. Pa. Pub. Util. Comm’n, 234 A.3d 665, 667- 68 (Pa. 2020)). … Supply, Inc. v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 131 A.3d 977, 984 (Pa. 2016); Warrantech Consumer Prod. Servs. v. Reliance Ins. Co. in Liquidation, 96 A.3d 346, 354-55 (Pa.

Sauer v. School District

243 Pa. 294 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jan 5, 1914

Dowley v. … Supp. 552 ; Lord Howden v. Simpson, 10 Ad. & El. 793.

Phillips v. Commonwealth

519 Pa. 31 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Aug 10, 1988

See also, Weidner v. Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board, 497 Pa. 516 , 522 n. 3, 442 A.2d 242 , 245 n. 3 (1982). … See Lewis v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board, 508 Pa. 360 , 498 A.2d 800 0985 ). 1 .

Tassone v. Redstone Township School District

408 Pa. 290 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jul 30, 1962

As we stated in Smith v. … Jones in Smith v.