Case law

Geiger v. Pittsburgh Railways Co.

247 Pa. 287 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jan 2, 1915

Arthur, testified that the motorman would not put up his running-board, and that Geiger got on the running-board, and said that he was going up to the car barn to report him. … Co. v. Books, 57 Pa. 339 , a case which has been repeatedly recognized as authority, Mr.

Commonwealth v. Gambrell

450 Pa. 290 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 16, 1973

Charles Elliott, Young’s nephew, saw appellant fire at his uncle, picked up a board that was approximately four feet long and hit appellant. … Appellant and other defense witnesses testified that Elliott hit him with the board before any shots were fired.

Delaney v. Philadelphia Coal & Iron Co.

272 Pa. 578 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Feb 6, 1922

Belying, however, upon our decision in Lincoln v. … ,” or (section 413) because it is proved to the satisfaction of the board that the agreement was “procured by the fraud, coercion or other improper conduct of a party, or was founded upon a mistake of law or of fact.”

Waits' Estate

336 Pa. 151 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 23, 1939

See also Shonk v. Brown et al., 61 Pa. 320 ; Lane v. Nelson, 79 Pa. 407 ; Buchanan v. Corson, 51 Pa. Superior Ct. 558 . It is clear that Section 15 does not cause a deprivation of property without due process of law. … See Shonk v. Brown et al., supra, page 327; Supervisors of Sadsbury Township v. Dennis et al., 96 Pa. 400 . The Act of June 24, 1937, P.

Mamic v. Pbgh. W. Va. R. R. Co.

341 Pa. 486 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 26, 1941

Defendant's motion for judgment n. o. v. was refused and this appeal followed. The principle of law controlling this case was set forth in our opinion in Musto v. … The court below in refusing to enter judgment n. o. v. for defendant said as to this: "It is possible that a board, which did not project more than 1.7 feet at the eastern portal of the Craighead tunnel, may have been jolted

White's Estate

340 Pa. 92 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 30, 1940

This will was shown to the Board of Regents of St. John’s Lutheran Home and on November 21, 1934, at a *95 special meeting of tlie Board a resolution was adopted assuring Mrs. … A. of Germantown v.

Harristown Development Corp. v. Commonwealth

532 Pa. 45 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Sep 21, 1992

As this court stated in Laudenberger v. … See also Leventhal v. City of Philadelphia, 518 Pa. 233, 240 , 542 A.2d 1328, 1332 (1988), citing Tosto v. Pa.

Fredericks v. Pennsylvania Canal Co.

109 Pa. 50 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 5, 1885

It is therefore sufficient: Dewhurst v. City of Allegheny, 14 Norris, 442. … At a regular meeting of the board of directors held on the *56 20th October, 1873, after reciting the statute of 2d June, 1870, aforesaid, it was resolved that in the opinion of the board a portion of the canal described,

Mazzei v. Scranton School District

341 Pa. 255 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jan 27, 1941

This subsection reads as follows: “Any board of school directors (or board of public education) may suspend the necessary number of professional employes, for the causes hereinafter enumerated: (1) Substantial decrease in … Therefore, there being nothing in the statute to substantiate plaintiff’s argument, we can only repeat what was said in Com. ex rel. v. Sunbury Sch.

Fordyce v. White Star Bus Lines

304 Pa. 106 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 23, 1931

Fordyce, on stepping from the running board, expecting, as she testified, to alight upon the curbstone, missed it and fell into the gutter between bus and curbline, receiving severe injury; that she was not warned of the … Plaintiffs contended shadows were thrown so as to obscure the pavement beneath the running board of the bus. According to her own testimony, Mrs.

Commonwealth v. Miller

555 Pa. 354 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jan 20, 1999

Commonwealth v. … See Commonwealth v. Brown, 538 Pa. 410, 435-36 , 648 A.2d 1177, 1189 (1994). As the fact finder, the trial court is free to believe all, some, or none of the evidence presented. See Commonwealth v.

Commonwealth v. Sneed

587 Pa. 318 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jun 19, 2006

Brown, counsel introduced himself and informed Ms. … Brown, but did not remember the content of their conversation. N.T. 9/12/01 at 33.

Allstate Life Insurance v. Commonwealth

617 Pa. 1 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Aug 2, 2012

See, e.g., O’Rourke v. … Koken v. Reliance Ins.

Groninger's Estate

268 Pa. 184 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jun 26, 1920

Justice Brown, in Rosengarten v. Ashton, 228 Pa. 389 . While the rule just referred to is well established, it does not control the present case. … However, in Man’s Est., 160 Pa. 609, 612, 613 (cited in Rosengarten v.

Gabster v. Mesaros

422 Pa. 116 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jun 24, 1966

Brown, 404 Pa. 391 , 172 A. 2d 152 (1961), and Hostetter v. Sterner’s Gro., Inc., 390 Pa. 170 , 134 A. 2d 884 (1957). … See, Tozier v. Brown, 202 Pa. 359 , 51 A. 998 (1902).

Moore v. School Directors

59 Pa. 232 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 26, 1868

In issuing the warrant the board was not guilty of an excess of authority, but exercised a high public function upon a just legal cause. … They were liable to tbe draft up to tbe time of putting in tbeir substitutes: Debolt v. Dunkard Dist., 3 P. F. Smith 216.

Miller v. COM., UNEMPLOY. COMP. BD. OF REV.

505 Pa. 8 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 25, 1984

MILLER, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BOARD OF REVIEW, Appellee. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Argued March 5, 1984. Decided May 25, 1984. *9 *10 Robert V. … Unemployment Compensation Board of Review v. Jolliffe, 474 Pa. 584 , 379 A.2d 109 (1977); Lattanzio v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 461 Pa. 392 , 336 A.2d 595 (1975).

Commonwealth v. Hawkins

553 Pa. 76 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Aug 19, 1998

Commonwealth v. Brown, 462 Pa. 578 , 342 A.2d 84 (1975); Commonwealth v. Stafford, 450 Pa. 252 , 299 A.2d 590 , cert. denied, 412 U.S. 943 , 93 S.Ct. 2775 , 37 L.Ed.2d 404 (1973); Commonwealth v. … Brown, 113 Idaho 480 , 745 P.2d 1101 (App.1987) (search must violate defendant’s own constitutional rights); Commonwealth v.

Commonwealth v. Yastrop

564 Pa. 338 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 26, 2001

In examining whether a DUI roadblock was an unreasonable seizure, the Court utilized a three-pronged balancing test derived from its decision in Brown v. Texas, 443 U.S. 47 , 99 S.Ct. 2637 , 61 L.Ed.2d 357 (1979). … See Brown, supra, (utilizing balancing test to examine reasonableness of seizure not based on reasonable suspicion or probable cause); United States v.

Commonwealth v. Dessus

423 Pa. 177 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Nov 15, 1966

Brown v. Commonwealth, 76 Pa. 319 ; Commonwealth v. Feenix, 6 Pa. D. & C., supra; Estes v. United States, 335 F. 2d 609 , 5th Circuit, cert. de *186 nied, 379 U.S. 964 ; United States v. Belvin, 46 Fed. 381 (E.D. … In Brown v. Commonwealth, supra, Chief Justice.