Case law

Sirianni v. Nugent Bros.

5 Pa. D. & C.3d 734 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · May 5, 1978

Defendant’s reliance on Wiley v. Woods is misplaced. In Wiley v. … Board of Assessment v. Montgomery, 14 Pa.

Davidson v. City of Philadelphia

44 Pa. D. & C.2d 353 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Jan 24, 1968

We were convinced that the decisions in Pinebrook Foundation, Inc. v. Shiffer, 416 Pa. 379 (1965), and YMCA v. … Any action taken by the city is reviewable by the tax review board, and any decision of that board may be appealed as provided by chapter 19, sec. 1706 of the Philadelphia Code.

Delahanty v. Farrington

35 Pa. D. & C. 119 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Mar 3, 1939

See Kirk et al. v. Ford et ux., 330 Pa. 579 (1938), Glass et al. v. Tremellen, 294 Pa. 436 (1928) and King v. King, 273 Pa. 351 (1922). Defendant, therefore, rests solely upon the writing set out above. … At common law a conveyance without words of inheritance conveyed a life estate only: Klingler et al. v. Wick, 266 Pa. 1 (1920); Mattocks v. Brown, 103 Pa. 16 (1883); A. L. I. Restatement of Property §27.

American Truck Rental Corp. v. City of Philadelphia

14 Pa. D. & C.2d 35 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Jan 16, 1958

The board of view, appointed January 10, 1952, made an award of $157,100, under date of June 17, 1955, from which both parties filed appeals. … McDonald Co. v. Hawkins (1934), 287 Mass. 71 , 191 N. E. 405 ; Goldstein v. Stadler’s Shoes (1936), 159 Misc. 804 , 288 N. Y. S. *40 793”: Annotation: Landlord and Tenant — Eminent Domain, 163 A. L.

Polakoff v. Marchand College

8 Pa. D. & C. 71 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Apr 10, 1926

Wilde v. Pennsylvania Silk Co., 267 Pa. 381 ; Hauser v. York Water Co., 278 Pa. 387 . … In numerous cases, including Madden v. Penn Electric Light Co., 181 Pa. 617 ; s. c., 199 Pa. 454 ; McCloskey v. Snowden, 212 Pa. 249 ; Kelly v.

Commonwealth v. Bar 4, Inc.

67 Pa. D. & C.2d 420 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Aug 1, 1974

The Commonwealth also produced evidence of citations filed by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board in February, 1974 (hereinafter referred to as “LCB”). … In Tamagno v. Waiters & Waitresses Union, 373 Pa. 457 (1953), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court said it is an inherent power of the court to modify an order of injunction.

Patterson v. DiBelle

84 Pa. D. & C. 177 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Oct 30, 1952

Brown, Jr., P. J., This complaint in equity was filed to enjoin defendant from breaking into and using the party wall located on the dividing line of plaintiff’s and defendant’s properties. … O’Malley v. De LaPuente, 72 Pa. Superior Ct. 102, 103-105 .

Blatt v. Schmidt

48 Pa. D. & C. 43 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · May 14, 1943

They cite Taylor v. Haverford Township, 299 Pa. 402 (1930), and Moore v. Moore, 344 Pa. 324 (1942). … In Taylor v. Moore, 303 Pa. 469, 477 (1931), the case of Taylor v.

H. Perilstein Co. v. Lake

51 Pa. D. & C.2d 581 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · May 25, 1970

That case *582 was heard by a board of arbitrators which found for Perilstein against Lake and in favor of Elkish, and that case is now before us on appeal. Lake then confessed judgment against Elkish under the lease. … We conclude that this does not constitute “other casualty”: Frangie v. Solomon, 7 D. & C. 2d 394, and the cases cited therein.

Hanley v. City of Philadelphia

32 Pa. D. & C. 515 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Jun 4, 1938

There is authority for that position: Smith v. The Board of Education of the City of New York, 208 N. Y. 84 , 101 N. E. 791 (1913), Ann. Cas. 1914D 406. July 1, 1938. … See Koch v. The County of Schuylkill, supra, Linsky v. County of Luzerne, supra, and Smith v. The Board of Education of the City of New York, supra.

Lockley v. CSX Transportation Inc.

7 Pa. D. & C.5th 449 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Mar 30, 2009

Carminati v. Philadelphia Transportation Co., 405 Pa. 500 , 176 A.2d 440 (1962). See also, Botek v. … Each year he would cook and cater for the Usher Board, the Stewards Board, Women’s Day, Men’s Day, Delaware County Sunday School Breakfast, Men’s Breakfast and Annual Fall Black Tie Event. April 25, 2008, N.T. 50-51.

Philadelphia Cleaners & Dyers Ass'n v. Dollar Cleaners & Dyers, Inc.

19 Pa. D. & C. 327 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Nov 3, 1933

It was specifically stated to be the law of Pennsylvania in 1871, in the case of The Morris Run Coal Company v. The Barclay Coal Company, 68 Pa. 173 ; in 1894, in Nester et al. v. … Under the decisions of our courts in Gray v. Phila. & Reading Coal & Iron Co. et al., 286 Pa. 11 , Long et al. v. Metzger et al., State Board of Medical Education, etc., 301 Pa. 449 , and Smith v.

Fedullo v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

14 Pa. D. & C.3d 32 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Nov 9, 1979

Fedullo, paid her fare, she boarded a waiting train operated by said defendants. … Philadelphia Board of Public Education, 453 Pa. 584 , 305 A. 2d 877 (1973), abolishing governmental immunity for municipalities, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that no tort liability arose for injuries from street crime

Egnal v. Friedman

47 Pa. D. & C.2d 751 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Jul 29, 1969

Another example of abuse of process can be found in Shane v. Gulf Refining Company, 114 Pa. … See also Korrallas v. Griffiths, 70 Pa. Superior Ct. 431 (1918), and Whelan v. Miller, 49 Pa.

Lamont v. Pennsylvania Railroad

42 Pa. D. & C.2d 131 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Jul 26, 1966

In support of this contention, plaintiff cites Parsons Brothers Slate Company v. Commonwealth, 418 Pa. 389 , and Meier v. The Texas Company, 168 F. Supp. 119 (E. Dist. of Pa.). … Plaintiff refused to sign the deed and proceeded before a board of view.

Federal Deposit Insurance v. First American Equity Corp.

9 Pa. D. & C.3d 132 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Jan 17, 1979

. *134 It is well established that a petition to open judgment is an appeal to the court’s discretion: Fox v. Mellon, 438 Pa. 364 , 264 A. 2d 623 (1970); Richmond v. A.F. of L. … Medical Service Plan of Philadelphia, 415 Pa. 561 , 204 A. 2d 271 (1964); Murphy v. Smith, 415 Pa. 512 , 204 A. 2d 275 (1964).

Mazzucca v. Methodist Hospital

47 Pa. D. & C.3d 55 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Nov 26, 1986

In Holliday v. Klimoski, 75 D. … Bove cites Bandes v. Klimowski, 3 D.

Pennsylvania Co. v. Zussman

25 Pa. D. & C. 412 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Jan 16, 1936

With this contention the receiver of taxes, the city solicitor and the solicitor for the board of education, each of whom appeared as amicus curiae and filed a brief, are in accord. … contemporary construction of the act which was presumably known to the legislature, and when in a later act it used the same words “the presumption is strong that they were intended to bear the same construction”: Price v.

Monaghan v. City of Philadelphia

5 Pa. D. & C.2d 329 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Jun 10, 1955

Kennett Township Board of School Directors et al., 356 Pa. 585, 589 (1947); Commonwealth ex rel. Margiotti v. Union Traction Co. of Philadelphia et al., 327 Pa. 497, 502 (1937). … S. v. Rock Royal Co-operative, Inc., et al., 307 U. S. 533, 577 ; Rohrer v. Milk Control Board, 322 Pa. 257 . Plaintiffs relied solely upon the testimony of one witness, namely, Henry H.

Harris v. Wilson

30 Pa. D. & C. 239 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Jul 7, 1937

Sommer and Son, 2436 Brown Street. 3. On or about May 6, 1937, bids were received from three of the persons entitled to bid on the said contract, *240 to wit, Nicholas Connolly, Inc., Edward F. Roberts, and Louis J. … The mere fact that an officer performs his duties within the boundaries of a certain political subdivision does not make him an officer or employe of that subdivision: Commonwealth ex rel. v. Collier, 213 Pa. 138 .