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  • Pittsburgh & Connelsville Railroad v. Clarke & Thaw

    29 Pa. 146 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jul 1, 1857

    Rep. 579 ; Newton v. Bridgeport Turnpike Company, 3 Conn. Rep. 544 ; Oxford Turnpike Company v. Bunnell, 6 Conn. 552 . … So, where the assent of the board is required by a by-law only, the execution of the by-law may be modified by the practice of the corporation : Insurance Company v. Smith, 1 Jones 126 .

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Hollinger v. Department of Public Welfare

    469 Pa. 358 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 8, 1976

    National Labor Relations Board v. Injection Molding Co., 211 F.2d 59, 65 (8th Cir. 1954). … This case presents no problem of preemption by the federal government acting through the National Labor Relations Board. See San Diego Trades Council, etc. v.

    Cited 70 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Evans

    343 Pa. Super. 118 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Apr 19, 1985

    . *135 The Commonwealth cites the recent case of Commonwealth v. … However, the panel also noted in dicta that “in Commonwealth v.

    Cited 32 timesPublished
  • Jacob, K. v. UCBR of: UCBR

    Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 10, 2016

    Compensation Board of : Review at No. … See Peak v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Beaver, Bare & Co. v. Bare

    104 Pa. 58 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 31, 1883

    Cyphert, 3 Casey 220; he may let them go fine from his service, whenever he chooses, no matter whether he be solvent or insolvent: Holdship v. Patterson, 7 Watts 547 ; Brown’s Appeal, 5 Norris 524. … In the case of Kauffelt v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Orr's Appeal

    67 Pa. 195 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jan 16, 1871

    It was evidently the turning point in Brown v. Finney, 3 P. F. Smith 373. In that case there was no disagreement as to terms, and if Brown had accepted Finney’s check for $16,000, the agreement would have been complete. … It was not merely a purchase and sale of the half interest in the boat — n'ot like the alleged contract in Brown v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • National Union Bank v. Shearer

    225 Pa. 470 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 11, 1909

    Justice Brown, The Act of September 24, 1866, P. … We have defined him to be “one who receives and stores goods as a business for a compensation or profit:” Bucher v. Com., 103 Pa. 528 ; Tradesmen’s Nat. Bank v. Jagode, 186 Pa. 556 .

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Barth v. Philadelphia School District

    393 Pa. 557 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jul 25, 1958

    In Wilson et ux. v. Phila. … Harris v. Board of Public Education, 306 Pa. 546 , 160 A. 443 , relied upon by the City and the School *565 District, furnishes no basis or support for the present Agreement.

    Cited 25 timesPublished
  • Fumo v. City of Philadelphia

    601 Pa. 322 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jun 15, 2009

    . § 1204, challenging the Gaming-Board’s Order and Adjudication. On July 17, 2007, the Gaming Board’s Order and Adjudication was affirmed by this Court. Riverwalk Casino v. Pa. … See also Goode v.

    Cited 88 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Hosack

    485 Pa. 128 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 1, 1979

    In Commonwealth v. … or by the Pardon Board in a sentence which has been reduced by commutation . . . .’

    Cited 20 timesPublished
  • Landis v. Robacker

    313 Pa. 271 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 5, 1933

    The mortgage is extinguished by law: Brown v. Simpson, 2 Watts 233 ; Koons v. Hartman, 7 Watts 20 ; Henderson, Hull & Co. v. Stryker, 164 Pa. 170 ; Frank v. … As stated in Brown v. Simpson, supra, at page 245.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Kavanagh v. London Grove Township

    486 Pa. 133 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jul 6, 1979

    Bilbar Construction Co. v. Board of Adjustment, 393 Pa. 62 , 141 A.2d 851 (1958). The burden of establishing its invalidity is upon the party who seeks to have it declared invalid. Beaver Gas Co. v. … Lutz v. Armour, 395 Pa. 576, 578-79 , 151 A.2d 108, 110 (1959); Atria, Inc. v. Board of Adjustment, 438 Pa. 317 , 264 A.2d 609 (1970).

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Ward

    340 Pa. Super. 1 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Feb 28, 1985

    In a case very much on point, Cunningham v. … Commonwealth v. Rohde, 485 Pa. 404 , 402 A.2d 1025 (1979); Commonwealth v. Sheehan, 446 Pa. 35 , 285 A.2d 465 (1971).

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Brinton v. Kerr

    320 Pa. 62 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 9, 1935

    We definitely state again that the title to office cannot be tested by mandamus ( Com. v. James, 214 Pa. 319 ), injunction (Eddy v. … Gibson, 316 Pa. 429 , 434; Williams's App., 312 Pa. 477, 479 ; Com. ex rel. v. Conroy, 267 Pa. 518 ; Hutchinson v. Goshorn, 256 Pa. 69 .

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Boxley

    575 Pa. 611 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Dec 17, 2003

    Neil Hoffman, M.D., a board-certified forensic pathologist who was qualified as an expert at trial, testified Bolton died from a gunshot wound to the chest. … Commonwealth v. Brown, 551 Pa. 465 , 711 A.2d 444, 449 (1998). At trial, Melendez testified appellant and Black shot at Bolton, N.T., 10/18/00, at 689, who later died from gunshot *618 wounds to the chest.

    Cited 37 timesPublished
  • Davis v. Smith

    262 Pa. 432 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 23, 1918

    board. … It has been judicially determined that the findings of fact by the Workmen’s Compensation Board, upon appeal from a referee, are final and cannot be disturbed by the courts: Poluskiewicz v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Phipps v. Kirk

    333 Pa. 478 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jan 12, 1939

    L. 1173, while appellees’ appeals to the board and the lower court were pending. … Co. v.

    Cited 20 timesPublished
  • Reilly v. Walker Bros.

    425 Pa. 1 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 14, 1967

    As we said in Shydlinski v. … See Shore v. Bell Tel. Co. of Pa., 389 Pa. 445 , 133 A. 2d 157 (1957).

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • County of Allegheny v. Commonwealth

    518 Pa. 556 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jul 28, 1988

    mandatory injunctive relief requiring the Pennsyl *558 vania Department of Corrections (Department) and the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board) to accept custody of state-sentenced inmates who were sentenced … Intraworld Inc. v. Girard Trust Bank, 461 Pa. 343 , 336 A.2d 316 (1975); Credit Alliance Corp. v. Philadelphia Minit-Man Car Wash Corp., 450 Pa. 367 , 301 A.2d 816 (1973); Zebra v.

    Cited 55 timesPublished
  • Smith v. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.

    284 Pa. 35 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 12, 1925

    Claimant’s counsel cites to us Stahl v. … In Onofrey v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished

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