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  • Cadles of Grassy Meadows, II, LLC v. Bet Shavei-Tzion

    639 Pa. 345 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 31, 2016

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Criswell v. Clugh

    3 Watts 330 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Sep 15, 1834

    In Brown v. The Commonwealth, 3 Serg. & Rawle 273 , this act received a similar construction.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Genetin v. COM. UNEMPLOYMENT COMP. BD.

    499 Pa. 125 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Nov 4, 1982

    Deiss v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 475 Pa. 547 , 381 A.2d 132 (1977); Taylor v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 474 Pa. 351 , 378 A.2d 829 (1977); Goughnour v. … Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, supra ; Anatoff v. *130 Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, supra; Westfall v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Ieradi

    216 Pa. 87 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jun 27, 1906

    Justice Brown, Immediately after calling the attention of the jury to the deep interest of the appellants in the issue as affecting their credibility, the court said : “ and where there is a conflict of testimony it is your … The duty of the court is to give them such full cautions as will lead them to the intelligent performance of their functions: ” Knowles v. The People, 15 Mich. 408 . This is the correct rule.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Bretz v. Diehl

    117 Pa. 589 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jan 3, 1888

    To the same effect are Schindler v. Westover, 99 Ind. 395 ; Richardson v. Olmsted, 74 Ill. 213 ; Bailey v. Bearly,. 87 Ill. 556 , and Johnston v. Brown, 37 Ia. 200 . In Lyon v. … See Sexton v. Graham, 53 Ia. 181 , and Nelson v. Brown, 53 Ia. 555 . We think, however, the rule recognized in Chase v. Washburn, supra, and Lyon v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • SWB YANKEES LLC v. Wintermantel

    615 Pa. 640 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 29, 2012

    Brown, Joseph Kernen, Jayne Anderson Risk, DLA Piper US LLP, Philadelphia, for SWB Yankees, LLC. … Leader, PA School Boards Association, Inc., for Appellant Amicus Curiae PA School Board Association. Jillian M. Petrosky, Robert J.

    Cited 117 timesPublished
  • Rose Tree Media School District v. Department of Public Instruction

    431 Pa. 233 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Aug 13, 1968

    Volunteer Firemen’s Relief Association v. Minehart, 415 Pa. 305 , 203 *236 A. 2d 476 (1964); Meadville Area School District v. Department of Public Instruction, 398 Pa. 496 , 159 A. 2d 482 (1960); Mellinger v. … Kuhn, 388 Pa. 83 , 130 A. 2d 154 (1957); Maxwell v. Farrell School District Board of Directors, 381 Pa. 561 , 112 A. 2d 192 (1955); Dechert, Controller of the City and County of Philadelphia v.

    Cited 37 timesPublished
  • PENN SQ. GEN. CORP. v. County of Lancaster

    952 A.2d 1169 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jul 10, 2008

    952 A.2d 1169 (2008) PENN SQUARE GENERAL CORPORATION, and the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Lancaster v. … COUNTY OF LANCASTER, Board of County Commissioners of the County of Lancaster, Richard Shellenberger and Molly Henderson, and April M. Koppenhaver. Lancaster County Convention Center Authority v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Philadelphia & Reading Railroad v. Ramsey

    89 Pa. 474 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 5, 1879

    The agent of the company told the defendant that “ they could send it on and collect back.to this office, and I will do that if you will pay me promptly the express charges when I get the return”: Chouteaux v. … Leech, 6, Harris 224; Baltimore and Philadelphia Steamboat Co. v. Brown, 4 P. F. Smith 77. There was no error then, in the answers of the learned court to the points presented to. him which have been assigned for error.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Russo v. Dembe

    607 Pa. 376 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Nov 17, 2010

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Citizens' National Bank v. Marks

    34 Pa. Super. 310 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 7, 1907

    Under these circumstances a plea of accord and satisfaction could not be sustained: Dunn v. B. & L. Assn., 2 Penny. 109 ; Keen v. Vaughan, 48 Pa. 477 . … The mere fact that Hays was one of the board of directors does not, in and of itself, amount to such proof : Cook on Stockholders, 712 ; Turnpike Co. v. Craver, 45 Pa. 386 .

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Haven v. Pittsburgh & Allegheny Bridge Co.

    151 Pa. 620 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Nov 11, 1892

    Thus in Forks Township v. … In Hill v.

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • Dana v. Bank of the United States

    5 Watts & Serg. 223 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 15, 1843

    Salem Bank v. Gloster Bank, ( 17 Mass. 29 , 30); Lincoln and Kennebec Bridge v. Richardson, (1 Greenleaf 81). … And in the State of Maryland v.

    Cited 40 timesPublished
  • Grace Methodist Episcopal Church v. Dobbins

    153 Pa. 294 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Feb 20, 1893

    The rule is stated in Gale on Easements half a century ago, quoted with approbation by Chief Justice Gibson, in Seibert v. Levan, 8 Pa. 383 ; by Chief Justice Lewis, in Kieffer v. … See Suffield v. Brown, 4 De G. J. & S. 185, and the comments on it in Goddard’s Law of Easements, Bennett’s ed. 118. How far the question of necessity enters into the creation of such an easement we need not discuss.

    Cited 32 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Ransome

    485 Pa. 490 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jul 6, 1979

    In Commonwealth v. Brown, 462 Pa. 578 , 342 A.2d 84 (1975), this Court was presented with a similar claim of an uncounselled identification in violation of the Richman rule. … Commonwealth v. Brown, 462 Pa. at 589 , 342 A.2d at 90 . We have earlier evaluated the trial identification by Parsons under the totality of the circumstances test in determining that the identification was reliable.

    Cited 61 timesPublished
  • Simkins v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.

    244 Pa. 182 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Feb 16, 1914

    The best expression of the law as applied to the facts of the present case may be found in Bumbear v. Traction Co., 198 Pa. 198 . … In all of its essential features this case is ruled by Bumbear v. Traction Company above cited. The two cases cannot be distinguished in principle.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Pearlstein, J. & K., Aplts. v. Commonwealth

    Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Sep 26, 2024

    The Commonwealth Court, reviewing the matter de novo, 12 affirmed the Board’s decisions. Pearlstein v. Commonwealth, 267 A.3d 593, 593 (Pa. … The court affirmed the Board’s decisions with regard to Reed and Gail Slogoff, and Robert and Cynthia Pearlstein based on the reasoning in the Pearlstein I. See Pearlstein v. Commonwealth, 2021 WL 5707121, *1 (Pa.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Schuldt v. Reading Trust Co.

    292 Pa. 327 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jan 23, 1928

    Woomer has died since the trial of this case, and the devisees under her will, Thomas Woodward Brown, Edna Josephine Gery, Raymond E. Brown, and Mildred E. … In Schuldt v.

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • General Motors, LLC v. St Brd/Vehicle Manufacturer

    Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jul 17, 2019

    Ass’n v. Pa. … Indeed, the Commonwealth Court’s “focus must center on the Board’s interpretation of the Act and its application to Petitioner; the Board’s decision cannot be overturned unless clearly erroneous.” Maggio v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Muller

    364 Pa. Super. 346 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jun 18, 1987

    Commonwealth v. Whetstine, 344 Pa.Super. 246 , *349 496 A.2d 777 (1985); Commonwealth v. Brown, 342 Pa.Super. 249 , 492 A.2d 745 (1985); Commonwealth v. Martin, 328 Pa.Super. 498 , 477 A.2d 555 (1984). … Commonwealth v. Gallagher, 353 Pa.Super. 426, 452 , 510 A.2d 735, 749 (1986); Commonwealth v. Brown, 314 Pa.Super. 311 , 460 A.2d 1155 (1983).

    Cited 8 timesPublished

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