Case law

Blumner v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

362 Pa. 7 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Apr 18, 1949

It is well settled that an equitable estate may be partitioned: Stewart v. Brown, 2 S. & R. 461 (1816); Willing and Wife v. Brown, 7 S. & R. 467 (1822) ; Longwell v. … The order sustaining the preliminary objection of Gladys Kay Hartmann to the plaintiff Blumner’s complaint is affirmed; costs to be paid by appellant. 1 See Wells v. Brown, 61 D. & C. 511 (1948) and Barrett v.

Commonwealth v. Insurance Co. of North America

533 Pa. 112 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Feb 17, 1993

Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Duffield

537 Pa. 485 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jul 26, 1994

Respondent relies on Lyness v. … was pending before the Board at the time the PCRA hearing was held. 8 Respondent relies on Alberici v.

Wall v. Pittsburg

205 Pa. 48 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jan 5, 1903

On the question of the city’s negligence, the court seems to have ruled the case on the authority of Monongahela City v. … But Primrose street was not an ordinary public road as in Monongahela v. Fischer, supra; it was a regularly laid out street at the time of the accident, on the city plan, and had been so laid out for several years.

Seaboard Surety Co. v. Commonwealth

350 Pa. 87 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 22, 1944

Jur. pgs. 933, 966; Curran v. Philadelphia, 264 Pa. 111, 119 . In Berizzi Co. v. … In Horowitz v. Kaplan, 224 N. Y.

Ralston v. Derry Township School District

363 Pa. 58 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Sep 26, 1949

If the contract entered into by appellant and the School Board was for any reason invalid it is clear that he is not protected by the Tenure Act, since no rights can be obtained under a void contract: Langan v. … authorized by the School Board and that the contract was not signed by a properly elected Secretary of the Board.

Roach v. Oswald Lever Co.

274 Pa. 139 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 8, 1922

Montgomey, 272 Pa. 56, 61 ; Kuca v. Lehigh Valley Coal Co., 268 Pa. 163 ; and see Strohl v. Eastern Pa. Rys. Co., 270 Pa. 132 . … Moreover, the statute, as above quoted, says the compensation board “may” order further physical examinations, not that it must1 do so; therefore, it1 is a matter for the sound discretion of the board, or primarily of the

McLain v. Commonwealth

99 Pa. 86 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jan 3, 1882

. § 177; Commonwealth v. Richards, 18 Pick. 434 ; Crary v. Sprague, 12 Wend. 41 ; Brown v. Commonwealth, 23 P. F. Smith 321. … Nor does the case of Brown v. Commonwealth make the evidence admissible. There the testimony of the witness was taken before a justice of the peace on a hearing wherein Brown was charged with the crime.

Wesenberg Case

346 Pa. 438 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jan 26, 1943

There is a strong presumption that the board was properly performing its functions and taking the steps necessary to give validity to its official acts: Miners Savings Bank of Pittston v. … Duryea Boro., 331 Pa. 458 , 200 A. 846 ; Hibbs v. Arensberg, 276 Pa. 24 , 119 A. 727 . Appellee had no grounds to doubt the good faith of the board and subsequent events proved such good faith.

Bank of the Northern Liberties v. Cresson

12 Serg. & Rawle 306 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Apr 4, 1825

Maleverer v. Redshaw, 1 Mod. 35. … Rex v. Loxdale and others, 1 Burr. 447.

J.S. v. Manheim Twp. SD, Aplt.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Nov 17, 2021

Commonwealth Court dated 5/13/20 at : No. 341 CD 2019 affirming the order of : the Lancaster County Court of v … Commonwealth v. Beam, 567 Pa. 492, 495-96, 788 A.2d 357, 359- 60 (2002) (elaborating on the implied powers of administrative agencies necessary to the performance of their essential functions).

JOHNSTON, INC. v. Com., Dept. of Revenue

556 Pa. 22 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 26, 1999

On March 1, 1996, the Board of Appeals denied relief. Johnston appealed to the Board of Finance and Revenue (“Board”). … Commonwealth v.

In Re: Temporarily Modifying Rules 602(a), 603(a), and 604(a) of PaRJA

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Apr 15, 2020

(“the Board”), IT IS ORDERED pursuant to Article V, Section 10 of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, and Rule 1952(A) of the Rules of Judicial Administration, that Rules 602(a), 603(a) and 604(a) of the Pennsylvania … The Board is authorized to provide, via remote video instruction approved by the Board, the required number of hours of continuing education set forth in Rules 602(a), 603(a) and 604(a) to any member of the Minor Judiciary

Smith v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

222 Pa. 226 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 5, 1908

In support of this result reliance is had principally on the cases of Anderson’s Estate, 85 Pa. 202 ; Brown’s Appeal, 125 Pa. 303 , and Entwistle v. Ins. Co., 202 Pa. 141 . … In Brown’s Appeal it was said that the death of the wife in the lifetime of her husband “ extinguished her interest in the policy,” and in Entwistle v.

Commonwealth v. Juliano

340 Pa. Super. 501 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 22, 1985

In Commonwealth v. … See Commonwealth v.

Reed v. HARRISBURG CITY COUNCIL

606 Pa. 117 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 26, 2010

Cmwlth.2006) (emphasis in original) (quoting Bolus v. … Schermer v. Franek, 311 Pa. 341 , 166 A. 878, 879 (1933)).

School District v. Duquesne Education Ass'n

475 Pa. 279 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Dec 1, 1977

We do not agree. 1 We stated in Kardon v. Portare, 466 Pa. 306, 310 , 353 A.2d 368, 370 (1976): “. . . [I]n Flightways Corp. v. … We agree with what was said in Wiley & Sons v.

In Re Appeal of M.A. Kravitz Co.

501 Pa. 200 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Apr 25, 1983

v. … Easttown Township Board of Adjustment, 419 Pa. 504 , 215 A.2d 597 (1965), and Exton Quarries, Inc. v. Zoning Board of Adjustment, 425 Pa. 43 , 228 A.2d 169 (1967).

Elliot v. Philadelphia

229 Pa. 215 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jul 1, 1910

If an owner feels aggrieved by the valuation of his property by the assessor, his proper course is to appeal to the board of revision and this applies to the correction of all errors: Phila. v. Thurlow, 39 W. N. C. 412. … L. 320, which gave the right of appeal from the board of revision to the court of common pleas, it was held that the appeal must be taken within the time prescribed by law or it would be too late: City v. Michener, 7 W.

Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Herman

493 Pa. 267 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 9, 1981

Board Report, p. 7. … See Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Grigsby, 493 Pa. 194 , 425 A.2d 730 (1981); Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Súber Lewis, 493 Pa. 519 , 426 A.2d 1138 (1981).