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  • Kendrick v. Quaker City Coat & Apron Supply & Laundry Co.

    8 Pa. D. & C. 439 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Jul 13, 1926

    Uhler, 75 Pa. 467 ; Laughman’s Appeal, 128 Pa. 1 ; Spruks v. Connell, 7 Lacka. Leg. News, 198 ; Canal Co. v. Clark, 13 Wallace, 311; Columbia Mill Co. v. Alcorn, 150 U. S. 460 ; Elgin Watch Co. v. … In Suburban Press v.

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  • Gmw Org. LLC v. Atlass

    47 Pa. D. & C.5th 29 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Apr 21, 2015

    See, e.g., Kozura v. Tulpehocken Area Sch. … Co. v. Maryland Cas. Co., 218 A.2d 91, 92 (Pa. Super.

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  • Lewis v. Philadelphia City Employees' Federal Credit Union

    46 Pa. D. & C.2d 751 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Feb 28, 1969

    Greenberg, J., This matter is before this court as a result of plaintiffs’ complaint in equity wherein they seek a preliminary injunction against the Philadelphia City Employees’ Credit Union and the board of directors of … matter since the subject of the manner of conducting elections is not specifically covered in The Federal Credit Union Act, June 26,1934, c. 750, sec. 1, 48 Stat. 1216 , which therefore distinguishes this case from House v.

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  • Staley v. Salvesen

    35 Pa. D. & C.2d 318 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Mar 7, 1963

    Pursuant to section 7 (c) of the act, the Federal Reserve Board promulgated Regulation T. … Law Rep., para. 90,849; Klein v. D. R. Comenzo Co., 207 N. Y. S. 2d 739 (1960); Accord, Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. Bellanca Corp., 288 F. 2d 784 (7th Cir., 1961).

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  • Bryant v. Edwards

    14 Pa. D. & C.3d 474 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Jun 17, 1980

    This delegation was to consist of all of the members of the Board of Deacons and all of the members of the Board of Trustees. Deacon Willie O. … Therefore, when the Board of Deacons announced that only those members who were paid-up in their dues through April 24, 1980, would be permitted to vote, the board acted without authority.

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  • Globe Consumer Discount Co. v. City Wide Paint Stores, Inc.

    45 Pa. D. & C.2d 330 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Oct 25, 1966

    Such a declaration of no offset estops defendant from asserting defenses existing prior to entering the agreement: Humphrey v. Tozier, 154 Pa. 410 (1893). … See also Griffiths v. Sears, 112 Pa. 523 (1886). Defendant cannot show he was misled or prejudiced by the agreement, since the agreement was drawn by his own attorney. See Brown v. Pittsburgh, 409 Pa. 357 (1962).

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  • Ulbricht Estate

    50 Pa. D. & C.2d 489 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Dec 1, 1970

    Reynolds v. Cridge, 131 Pa. 189 ; Pearlman Trust, 348 Pa. 488 . … Roop v. Greenfield, 352 Pa. 232 .” In Roop v. Greenfield, 352 Pa. 232 (1945), there was a devise of the residuary estate. Included was a property encumbered by a mortgage greater than its value.

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  • Sahutsky v. E. G. Budd Mfg. Co.

    55 Pa. D. & C. 466 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Oct 1, 1945

    See also Rodebaugh v. Sanks, 2 Watts 9 ; Helffenstein v. Thomas, 5 Rawle 208 . … In Hulett v.

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  • Commonwealth v. Peerless Paper Specialty Co.

    34 Pa. D. & C. 329 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Dec 2, 1938

    Language which relieves from taxation like language that imposes it must be strictly construed: Academy of Fine Arts v. Philadelphia County, 22 Pa. 496 ; Callery’s Appeal, 272 Pa. 255, 272 ; Commonwealth v. … In a learned opinion in Commonwealth v. Lowry-Rodgers Co., 279 Pa. 361 , Mr.

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  • Pennsylvania Home Teaching Society

    69 Pa. D. & C.2d 1 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Jul 29, 1975

    On April 11,1975, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, upon recommendation of the Judicial Council, pursuant to its authority under article V, sec. 10(c) of the Pennsylvania Constitution, adopted and promulgated a new Pennsylvania … The cy pres doctrine requires us to assure that the charitable intent set forth in the charter of the society continues to be performed with as close approximation to the original purposes as possible: Philadelphia v.

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  • P. G. Metals Co. v. Hofkin

    41 Pa. D. & C.2d 745 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Mar 17, 1967

    Defendant Hofkin thereupon designated defendant Kohn as his appointee to the arbitral board. Plaintiff P. G. … It raises a secondary jurisdictional question, the absence of an indispensable party: Gardner v. Allegheny County, 382 Pa. 88 (1955); accord, Reifsnyder v.

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  • Michie v. Patterson-Emerson-Comstock, Inc.

    7 Pa. D. & C.2d 276 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Mar 6, 1956

    Myers v. Philadelphia Daily News, 168 Pa. Superior Ct. 561 (1951), and Haley v. Matthews, 104 Pa. Superior Ct. 313 (1931) are examples. … Co., 241 Pa. 112 (1913); McGonnell v. Pittsburgh Rys. Co., 234 Pa. 396 (1912); Pittsburgh Southern Ry. Co. v. Taylor, 104 Pa. 306 (1883).

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  • Bronner v. Metropolitan Life Ins.

    20 Pa. D. & C.3d 509 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Dec 21, 1981

    This court, upon reconsideration, finds that plaintiff is not precluded from filing a complaint in trespass, notwithstanding the recent opinion of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in D’Ambrosio v. … Brown, 283 Pa. Superior Ct. 116 , 423 A. 2d 743 (1980). The court cannot say that the *511 acts attributed to defendant Kripitz could not amount to a reckless disregard for the interests of plaintiff.

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  • Commonwealth v. LaPlaca

    56 Pa. D. & C.2d 80 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Jun 6, 1972

    From these vantage points they saw a brown and black Cadillac proceed twice around the block and stop nearby 7950 Bustleton Avenue. … In Draper v.

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  • McGurk v. Piecuch

    32 Pa. D. & C. 274 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Dec 15, 1937

    Brown, Jr., J., I. … V.

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  • Blumenthal v. Rosenblatt & Blum Bros.

    5 Pa. D. & C. 763 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Mar 30, 1925

    The circumstances were strikingly similar to the case at bar, the wife therein having been the proprietress of a boarding-house conducted on premises occupied also by her husband and herself. … See, also, Foering & Heller v. Chamberlain, 21 Dist. R. 782.

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  • Davis v. Seltzer

    18 Pa. D. & C. 442 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · May 3, 1933

    Brown, Jr., J., This case is before us on a rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. … In Com. v.

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  • Lehnau v. Zim Israel Navigation Co.

    62 Pa. D. & C.2d 221 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Jun 26, 1973

    In the case of Victory Carriers, Inc. v. Law, 404 U.S. 202 , 92 S. Ct. 418 , 30 L. … See McGrath v. N. V. Reederij “Nautiek,” et al., District Court Civil Action no. 70-3361 (Eastern Dist. Pa., 1971).

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  • James J. Gory Mechanical Contracting Inc. v. Philadelphia Housing Authority

    53 Pa. D. & C.4th 87 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Apr 10, 2001

    See e.g., Shumake v. Philadelphia Board of Education, 454 Pa. Super. 556, 561 , 686 A.2d 22, 25 (1996). Because “lack of subject matter jurisdiction is a defense that cannot be waived,” LaChappelle v. … Clair Area School District Board of Education v. E.I. Associates, 733 A.2d 677 , 682 n.6 (Pa. Commw. 1999).

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  • Millar v. Grieb & Thomas, Inc.

    1 Pa. D. & C. 614 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · May 19, 1922

    The alleged contract was not in writing, was not signed by the officers of the company and was not approved by the board of directors as such. … In Putnam v. Ensign Oil Co., 272 Pa. 301 , Mr.

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