Case law

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.

West Indies Mission Appeal

387 Pa. 534 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jan 17, 1957

In any number of cases, for example: The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society’s Appeal, 30 Pa. 425 ; Frazier, Trustee v. St. Luke’s Church, 147 Pa. 256 , 23 A. 442 ; Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions v. … In this Commonwealth, in the case of Sunday School Union v. City of Philadelphia, supra, and in Board of Home Missions v.

ODC, Pet v. Andrew S. Hurwitz

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Feb 25, 2022

COUNSEL, : No. 2848 Disciplinary Docket No. 3 : Petitioner : : No. 170 DB 2021 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).

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.

Kelly v. Brenner, Receiver of Taxes

317 Pa. 55 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Nov 27, 1934

The board of judges *59 found authority for the advice thus given in the provision of the Act of April 20, 1858, above quoted, and therewith we fully agree. … These are fundamental rights which should not be infringed upon, unless no other course is reasonably possible (Fluke v. Lang, 283 Pa. 54 ), which is not the case here.

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.

Powelson v. United Traction Co.

204 Pa. 474 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jan 5, 1903

As to steam cars such as Johnson v. West Chester, etc., R. R. … The judgment is reversed and a v. f. d. n. awarded.

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).

ODC v. Wendell K. Grimes

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Dec 7, 2022

: No. 2920 Disciplinary Docket No. 3 : Petitioner : No. 145 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).

ODC v. Thomas Mark Shultz

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 4, 2022

: Petitioner : No. 113 DB 2021 : : Attorney Registration No. 73163 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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Gilmore v. Gilmore Drug Co.

279 Pa. 193 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jan 7, 1924

Healy, 244 Pa. 427, 435 ; Commonwealth Title Insurance & Trust Co. v. Seltzer, 227 Pa. 410 . … He dominates a majority of the board of directors and all the directors who constitute the executive committee of the board. He determines and controls the business and operations of the company.

ODC v. William Scott Arnoult

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Dec 15, 2021

COUNSEL : No. 2839 Disciplinary Docket No. 3 : Petitioner : No. 93 DB 2021 : 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).

Egan v. USI Mid-Atlantic, Inc.

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

Phi Chi Fraternity T. U. Chapter Graduate Ass'n v. Philadelphia

317 Pa. 284 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jan 9, 1935

L. 479, and its amendments, do not apply to a proceeding before the board of view. Appellant challenges the correctness of this decision. This case is ruled by Borsalino v. City of Reading, 111 Pa. … The board could not and did not attempt to settle any question of liability as between the city and the sureties on the contractor’s bond.

Commercial Bank v. Pleasants

6 Whart. 375 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Apr 3, 1841

Macalester found Cist sitting in his office in distress; he said he had lost a package of money enclosing one hundred thousand dollars; had missed it at the Schuylkill bank; thought he had seen it at his boarding-house that … I knelt down to look, but having just come in from the light, I could distinguish nothing but a piece of brown paper against the wall, and another piece on the sand.