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  • Lessee of Cox v. Cromwell

    3 Binn. 114 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 2, 1810

    In the case of Sims’s Lessee v. Irwin, the Supreme Court of the United States decided, that an estate of this kind, was in all respects the same as a complete legal estate. … But this was his own folly; because he had full notice of the plaintiff’s claim, as appears by the caveat and proceedings before the board.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Salvation Army Case

    349 Pa. 105 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Nov 29, 1943

    In Western Pennsylvania Hospital et al. v. … SE-9232, of the State Labor Relations Board of New York, in which a university owned and operated an office building. See Penna. Co., etc., Tr., v. Philadelphia et al., 346 Pa. 406 , 31 A. 2d 109 .

    Cited 33 timesPublished
  • Haney, C. v. WCAB

    Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Dec 10, 2019

    : Commonwealth Court : : WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL : BOARD (COMMONWEALTH OF … : Commonwealth Court : : WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL : BOARD (COMMONWEALTH OF

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  • Wilson v. Altemus

    2 Watts & Serg. 255 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Sep 15, 1841

    The defendant sets up as a bar the decision of the Board of Property in his favour, on the 7th of February 1817, on a caveat in Wakefield v. … It is possible, and not unlikely, that the plaintiff was not aware of the legal construction of the 11th section of the Act of 3d of April 1792, which has been held in Shoenberger v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • O'Donnell v. Allegheny Valley Railroad

    59 Pa. 239 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 26, 1868

    Cumberland Valley Railroad Co., 11 Harris 384; Caldwell v. Brown, 3 P. F. Smith 453. … J., in Farwell v. Boston & Worcester Railroad Co., 4 Metc. 57 . In Caldwell v. Brown, supra, Justice Read quotes the rule as stated by Judge Gray in Gilman v.

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Smock v. Com.

    496 Pa. 204 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Nov 5, 1981

    Smock v. Commonwealth, Pa. Cmwlth., 425 A.2d 883 (1981). This appeal followed. The Commonwealth Court dismissed appellant's Complaint, holding that jurisdiction over the instant dispute was with the Board of Claims. … The Commonwealth Court, however, has held that the Board of Claims has exclusive jurisdiction over all contractual claims, either expressed or implied. Children's Rehabilitation Center v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Shapp v. Kilgohe

    3 Serg. & Rawle 387 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Sep 29, 1817

    In Brown v. Shaffer., (Chambersburg, September, 1814,) it was decided, that in a proceeding under the arbitration acts, a declaration is not essential; and in Hertzog v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Ogontz School Tax Exemption Case

    361 Pa. 284 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jan 3, 1949

    In Harrisburg v. … In Town of Montclair v. State Board of Equalization of Taxes, 86 N. J.

    Cited 37 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Brooks

    468 Pa. 547 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 8, 1976

    The facts which occurred subsequent to appellant’s illegal arrest here are strikingly similar to those which occurred subsequent to the illegal arrest discussed in Brown v. … In Brown v. Illinois, the prosecution argued that the giving of Miranda warnings was sufficient, in and of itself, to vitiate the taint of the illegal arrest.

    Cited 25 timesPublished
  • COM., D. OF EN. RES. v. City of Lebanon

    482 Pa. 66 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 5, 1978

    Minnesota State Board of Health v. City of Brainerd, 308 Minn. 24 , 241 N.W.2d 624 , appeal dismissed, 429 U.S. 803 , 97 S.Ct. 35 , 50 L.Ed.2d 63 (1976); Young v. … Young v. Board of Health of Somerville, 61 N.J. 76, 78 , 293 A.2d 164, 165 (1972).

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Meell Appeal

    405 Pa. 184 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 10, 1961

    Meell appeared before the county board of elections and challenged the validity of certain absentee ballots wherein a vote was cast for candidate Maxwell. The board overruled the challenges. … The question of the validity of ballots involved is not for us to say: DeVito v. Civil Service Commission, 404 Pa. 354 , 172 A. 2d 161 (1961); Dauphin Deposit Trust Company v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • ODC v. Charles C. Shainberg

    Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 13, 2022

    : No. 2915 Disciplinary Docket No. 3 COUNSEL, : Petitioner : No. 41 DB 2022 : v … Respondent shall comply with all the provisions of Pa.R.D.E. 217 and pay costs to the Disciplinary Board. See Pa.R.D.E. 208(g).

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  • West, Admrx. v. Young

    332 Pa. 248 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Sep 27, 1938

    McGill, 265 Pa. 122 , 108 A. 410 ; Zeigler v. Storey, 220 Pa. 471 , 69 A. 894 ; Brown’s Estate, 105 Pa. Superior Ct. 236 , 161 A. 471 ) which may not be set aside in a collateral proceeding in the common pleas. … In Chester County Trust Co. v. Pugh, 241 Pa. 124 , 88 A. 319 , Brown, J., said: “An administrator serves in a dual capacity.

    Cited 28 timesPublished
  • Saunders v. Gould

    134 Pa. 445 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 5, 1890

    Brown, for $6,000, dated October 19,1868; same day recorded. No. 2. Judgment, Allen v. Charles W. Hepburn, for $500; entered October 26, 1868. No. 3. Judgment, J. Alexander Simpson v. Charles W. … Alexander Simpson v. Charles W. Hepburn, for $500; entered March 8,1870. No. 6. Judgment, William L. Brown v. Charles W.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Stewart

    456 Pa. 447 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 25, 1974

    But see Commonwealth v. Brown, 451 Pa. 395 , 301 A.2d 876 (1973) (plurality opinion). The past practice with regard to moving for the withdrawal of a juror has been delineated and clarified under Rule 1118. … In Brown a plurality of the Court reasoned that Rule 1118(b) did not apply to all motions for mistrial, but only those where an event prejudicial to the defendant occurred during the trial. U. S. Const. amend. V.

    Cited 47 timesPublished
  • Simon Appeal

    408 Pa. 464 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 5, 1962

    The board, in due course, filed its report assessing 93 properties, identified as V-l, to V-93, for the cost of the improvement. … McCreary v.

    Cited 42 timesPublished
  • Wilkinsburg-Penn Joint Water Authority v. Churchill Borough

    417 Pa. 93 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 16, 1965

    Jacobs v. Fetzer, 381 Pa. 262 , 112 A. 2d 356 (1955). … In Hatfield Township v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Egan v. USI Mid-Atlantic, Inc.

    633 Pa. 703 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Nov 16, 2015

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  • ODC, Pet v. Michael Eric Greenberg

    Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Nov 23, 2021

    PENNSYLVANIA OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, : No. 2825 Disciplinary Docket No. 3 : Petitioner : No. 101 DB 2020 v … Respondent shall comply with all the provisions of Pa.R.D.E. 217 and pay costs to the Disciplinary Board. See Pa.R.D.E. 208(g).

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • ODC, Pet v. Christopher P. Flannery

    Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jun 21, 2022

    : : No. 59 DB 2022 Petitioner : : Attorney Registration No. 75426 v … Respondent shall comply with all the provisions of Pa.R.D.E. 217 and pay costs to the Disciplinary Board. See Pa. R.D.E. 208(g).

    Cited 0 timesPublished

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