Case law

United States Cold Storage Corp. v. Philadelphia

427 Pa. 624 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Nov 14, 1967

. *626 (c) An action against the head of an executive or administrative department, a departmental administrative board or commission or an independent administrative board or commission, or an officer or instrumentality … This Rule was not in effect when the court below made its order and was not called to the court’s attention. • • King v. Security Co. of Pottstown, 241 Pa. 547, 551, 552 , 88 A. 789 (1913); Kilian v.

Discovery Charter School v. School District of Philadelphia

166 A.3d 304 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Aug 8, 2017

Johnson v. Lansdale Borough, 146 A.3d at 711 . … Sch. v.

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.

Snyder v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

210 Pa. 500 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Dec 31, 1904

In the case of Dryden v. Railway Co., 208 Pa. 316 , Mr. … In the case of Glaser v. R. R.

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.”

Sober v. Standart

110 Pa. 47 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 18, 1885

S., 448; Seeds v. Kahler, 26 Id., 262. It is equally as well settled that when she has no separate estate, and buys property on her personal credit, she cannot so hold it: Baringer v. Stiver, 13 Wright, 129 ; Brown v. … S., 419; Bucher v. Ream, 18 Id., 421; Seeds v. Kahler, supra; Sixbee v. Bowen, 10 Norris, 149; Lochman v. Brobst, 6 Out., 481.

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

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.

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.

Dodson v. Ball

60 Pa. 492 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 11, 1869

Dolan, 1 Rawle 247 ; Pullen v. Reinhard, 1 Whart. 520 ; Thomas v. Folwell, 2 Id. 11; Wright v. Brown, 8 Wright 224 ; Fisher v. Taylor, 2 Rawle 33 ; Holdship v. Patterson, 7 Watts 547 ; Ashhurst v. … . & S. 323 ; Eyrick v. Hetrick, 1 Harris 491; Brown v. Williamson, 12 Casey 338; Barnet’s Appeal, 10 Wright 409 ; Rife v. Geyer, supra.

Shotts v. Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission

431 Pa. 83 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jul 1, 1968

The board of view appraised the damage done the Shotts by taking of their land at $13,000. The Shotts appealed to the court of common pleas and the jury trial which followed resulted in a verdict of $25,583.33. … If the estimate of a board of view is to be regarded as final and infallible, there would be no need in the law for appeal for a jury trial. What was said in Springer v.

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.

Warburton v. John Wanamaker

329 Pa. 5 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jan 6, 1938

Co., 290 Fed. 87 ; Bailey v. Railroad Co., 84 U. S. 96 ; St. John v. Erie Ry. Co., 89 U. S. 136 ; Scott v. B. & O. R. R. Co., 93 Md. 475 , 49 A. 327 ; Rogers v. N. Y. & T. L. Co., 134 N. Y. 197 , 32 N. … In Fidelity Trust Co. v. Lehigh Valley R. R.

Southwestern National Bank v. Riegner

292 Pa. 74 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Dec 8, 1927

Meantime, on December 3, 1924, Brown executed and delivered a $50,000 mortgage to the plaintiff, on the same premises, which was recorded December 13,1924. … Bootz, 72 Pa. 196 ; Sifred v. Com., 104 Pa. 179 ; Harrisburg v. Sheck, 104 Pa. 53 ; Building Assn. v. Lea, 100 Pa. 210 ; Malloy v. Com., 115 Pa. 25 ; Morrison v. Fayette Co., 127 Pa. 110 .

Lowman, D. v. UCBR, Aplt.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jul 24, 2020

Id. at 12 (citing Starinieri v. … Leinbach Co., Inc. v. UCBR, 22 A.2d 57 (Pa. Super. 1941) (affirming Board decision that traveling salesman was employe of company, not an independent contractor).

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.

City of Pittsburgh v. Commonwealth

539 Pa. 535 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jan 23, 1995

As to the city’s argument that Act 205 permits establishing the plan without bargaining, Commonwealth Court, relying on our decision in PLRB v. … PLRB argues that in Philadelphia 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.