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  • Katzin v. McShain

    371 Pa. 251 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jun 24, 1952

    Jennings’ Appeal, 330 *254 Pa. 154, 198 A. 621 ; Berman v. Exley, 355 Pa. 415 , 50 A. 2d 199 ; Darling v. Zoning Board of Adjustment of Phila., 357 Pa. 428 , 54 A. 2d 829 . … In the case of Ventresca v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • F. W. Woolworth Co. Tax Assessment Case

    426 Pa. 583 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Sep 26, 1967

    The Board of Property Assessment, Appeals and Review of Allegheny County (Board) introduced the assessment of $1,493,730 and rested. The taxpayers called a real estate broker as an expert witness. … Deitch Company v. Board of Property Assessment, 417 Pa. 213 , 209 A. 2d 397 (1965); McKnight Shopping Center, Inc. v. Board of Property Assessment, 417 Pa. 234 , 209 A. 2d 389 (1965); Borg-Warner Corp. v.

    Cited 26 timesPublished
  • Bedford v. Rosser

    283 Pa. 345 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Apr 15, 1925

    J. 841; Maginnis v. Schlottman, 271 Pa. 305 . … The board to revise taxes has the right to call to ‘its assistance experts, so that a proper valuation of coal lands and other real estate may be had (Pardee v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Plazak v. Allegheny Steel Company

    324 Pa. 422 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 2, 1936

    Bank, 202 Pa. 94 , 51 A. 765 ; where a board of directors wrongfully authorized the payment of money: Link v. … E. 824 ; Wiersycki v. Pratt et al., 151 N. Y. Misc. 207, 271 N. Y. S. 36; Scott v. Rinehart & Co. (W. Va.), 180 S. E. 276 ; Field v. Gazette Publishing Co., 187 Ark. 253 , 59 S. W. (2d) 19 ; Brown v.

    Cited 54 timesPublished
  • In re: Three PA Skill Amusement; Apl. of: Comm

    Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jun 15, 2026

    I depart from the Majority, however, with respect to its analysis and disposition of the appeal in POM of Pennsylvania, LLC v. Department of Revenue, 221 A.3d 717 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2019) (en banc) (POM). … that the Board may issue. 4 Pa.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Crawford Zoning Case

    358 Pa. 636 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jan 6, 1948

    Whether the board’s refusal to certify the requested variance is tantamount to a manifest abuse of discretion is the sole factor to be adjudged, Jennings’ Appeal, 330 *641 Pa. 154, 198 A. 621 ; Fleming v. … The appellee cites in justification of the action of the Zoning Board the case of Kurman et al. v. Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustment et al., 351 Pa. 247 , 40 A. 2d 381 .

    Cited 32 timesPublished
  • Potter v. Gilbert

    177 Pa. 159 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 5, 1896

    Lawrence & Brown were to pay all taxes assessed on improvements, which last were not to pass to the lessors by reason of erection on the land. … No truer principle of real justice was ever uttered than by Gibson, J., when he said, referring to hardship as an element in the construction of covenants, in Lighty v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Williamson's Estate

    153 Pa. 508 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 30, 1893

    These are the assessors, the board of revision, and the court of common pleas. … The fund being distributable here is subject to the collateral inheritance tax under the rule stated in Miller v. The Commonwealth, 111 Pa. 321 .

    Cited 29 timesPublished
  • Marshall, Jr., Aplts v. Commonwealth

    Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Aug 20, 2019

    Appellant : Appeal from the Order of the : Commonwealth Court at No. 863 FR : 2015 dated December 13, 2018 v … the exceptions and entered : judgment against taxpayer of the : November 2, 2018 order that Affirmed COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : the PA Board

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Krasner, L., Aplt. v. Senator Kim Ward

    Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Sep 26, 2024

    The court acknowledged prior decisions from our Court, such as Brown v. … See Brown v.

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  • Krasner, L. v. Ward, K.; Apl. of: Bonner

    Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Sep 26, 2024

    The court acknowledged prior decisions from our Court, such as Brown v. … See Brown v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • American Casualty Co. v. KLIGERMAN

    365 Pa. 168 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jun 26, 1950

    Superior Ct. 38 , 1 A. 2d 839 ; Demmel v. Dilworth Company et al., 136 Pa. Superior Ct. 37 , 7 A. 2d 50 ; Meyers v. Lehigh Valley Transportation Company et al., 138 Pa. Superior Ct. 569 , 10 A. 2d 879 ; Rowles v. … This reads: “The board, or a referee designated by the board, may, at any time, review and modify or set aside an original or supplemental agreement, upon petition filed by either party with the board or in the course of

    Cited 24 timesPublished
  • Malt Beverage Distributors Assoc. v. LCB

    Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Aug 30, 2016

    : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from Petitioners : the Order of the Commonwealth Court : : v … : : : PENNSYLVANIA LIQUOR CONTROL : BOARD, : : Respondent

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Hibernia Building Ass'n v. McGrath

    154 Pa. 296 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Apr 17, 1893

    In Tompkins v. … This rule thus stated is repeated in Scott v. Bank of Chester Valley, 72 Pa. 471 ; Bank of Carlisle v. Graham, 79 Pa. 117 . His designation as treasurer did not change the character of the bailment.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Alberts v. Garofalo

    393 Pa. 212 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jun 4, 1958

    Bragg v. Swarthmore School District, 337 Pa. 363, 368 , 11 A. 2d 152 (1940). Cf. Simpson v. South Mahoning Township School Board, 365 Pa. 567 , 76 A. 2d 385 (1950). … The power of a school board under appropriate circumstances to suspend a professional employe during the pendency of a proceeding for discharge is not here involved. Kaplan v.

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • Winger v. Aires

    371 Pa. 242 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jun 24, 1952

    school directors perform discretionary acts in the interests of public welfare and that their decisions have been reached by the exercise of intelligent judgment and in a legal manner after suitable investigation (Hibbs v. … Co. v.

    Cited 51 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Jersey Shore Area School District

    481 Pa. 356 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 5, 1978

    Accord, Tyler v. … Mullen v.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Tarner v. Chambersburg Borough School District

    338 Pa. 417 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jan 24, 1940

    that statute: Goldberg v. … C. 136; Marshall v. Uniontown School District, 262 Pa. 224 , 105 A. 78 ; Cooke v. Roberts, 335 Pa. 561 , 7 A. (2d) 357; Johnson v. Abington Twp. School Dist., 95 Pa. Superior Ct. 561 ; Swaney v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Duquesne Light Company Case

    345 Pa. 458 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Sep 29, 1942

    industry, (4) relationship between any proposed unit and the employer’s organization, including geographical location of the parts, and (5) skill, wages, working conditions and work of the employees: Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. v. … policy of the state “to protect the exercise by workers of full freedom of association, self-organization, and *463 designation of representatives of their own choosing”: See Dissenting Opinion, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Irwin v. Keen

    3 Whart. 347 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Feb 17, 1838

    This principle is distinctly asserted, in M'Clurg v. Lecky, (3 Penn. Rep. 94). … In M‘Clurg v. Lecky, it was attempted to distinguish a legal from a moral fraud.

    Cited 6 timesPublished

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