Case law

Lombertino's Appeal

39 Pa. D. & C. 581 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Oct 17, 1940

In these matters, we do not, as in certain other appeals, become supervisory, or determine the limits of discretionary exercise by a- board or administrative officer. … In this conclusion we find support in the following cases: Commonwealth v. Schmitt, 19 D. & C. 53; Commonwealth v. Szumski, 32 D. & C. 583; Commonwealth v. Bergenfield, 37 D. & C. 584. * We know that Commonwealth v.

International Organization Master, Mates & Pilots of America v. International Organization

11 Pa. D. & C.2d 75 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Sep 17, 1955

shall be by a majority or two-thirds, this means a majority or two-thirds of all the members of the board or committee. … Loubat v. LeRoy, 40 Hun., 546 .

Hinchey v. University of Pennsylvania Health System

30 Pa. D. & C.5th 390 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Apr 24, 2013

Brown v. Delaware Valley Transplant Program, 371 Pa. Super. 583, 586 , 538 A.2d 889, 891 (1988). If there is any basis for the trial court’s decision, the decision must stand. Id. … In Toney v.

Gorodetzer v. 22 Front Street, L.P.

21 Pa. D. & C.5th 353 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Jan 14, 2011

See, Bell Fuel Corp. v. Cattolico, 544 A.2d 450 (Pa. Super. 1988); Franklin Decorators Inc. v. Hende-Jon Furniture Showrooms Inc., 449, 489 A.2d 246 (Pa. Super. 1985). . Anchel v. Shea, 762 A.2d 346, 351 (Pa. … Summit Towne Ctr. v. Shoe Show Rocky Mt. Inc., 828 A.2d 995, 1001 (Pa. Super. 2003). . Id., 828 A.2d at 1001 . . Kessler v. Broder, 851 A.2d 944, 951 (Pa. Super. 2004). . See Sovereign Bank v.

Ricci v. Saia

13 Pa. D. & C.3d 361 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Feb 14, 1980

See Board of Supervisors of North Coventry Tp. v. Silver Fox Corp., 10 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 646 , 312 A. 2d 833 (1973); Tolan v. O’Malley, 450 Pa. 214 , 299 A. 2d 229 (1973); Metzger v. Cruikshank, 162 Pa. … A contract for sale of real estate will generally be enforceable by way of spe *363 cific performance: Payne v. Clark, 409 Pa. 557 , 187 A. 2d 769 (1963); Warden v. Taylor, 460 Pa. 577 , 333 A. 2d 922 (1975); Snow v.

Krause v. Philadelphia Transportation Co.

53 Pa. D. & C.2d 252 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Dec 17, 1970

Plaintiff boarded PTC bus No. 5 at Second and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, and rode to Second and Mifflin Streets, where the driver let her off one lane away from the curb because defendant Gardner’s car was occupying … Proximate cause is “[t]hat which, in a natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any efficient intervening cause, produces the injury, and without which the result would not have occurred”: Coyne v.

Kress v. Forbes

2 Pa. D. & C.2d 615 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Jan 13, 1955

The Officers and Directors thus elected shall constitute the Board of Control.” … In Dugan v.

National Shawmut Bank v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.

12 Pa. D. & C. 119 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Mar 18, 1929

Trustees were to be chosen for limited terms, and provision was made for filling vacancies in the board arising from death, resignation or other cause. … This is the test: Crocker v. Malley, 249 U. S. 223 ; Hecht v. Malley, 265 U. S. 144 ; Williams v. Milton, 215 Mass. 1 ; Priestley v. Treasurer, 230 Mass. 452 ; Small v. Smith, 294 Pa. 163 .

Pennsylvania Railroad v. Edson Bros.

8 Pa. D. & C. 623 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Feb 26, 1927

Co., 1 Peters, 386 ; Brown v. Floersheim Mercantile Co., 206 Mass. 373 , and Hallgarten v. … In such a case the court is justified in directing a verdict: Lonzer v. Lehigh Valley R. R. Co., 196 Pa. 610 ; Catasauqua National Bank v. Miller, 60 Pa. Superior *627 Ct. 220 ; Second National Bank v.

AFSCME District Council 33 v. City of Philadelphia

31 Pa. D. & C.5th 153 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Jun 13, 2013

After the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board resolved an issue regarding appellants’ right to invoke interest arbitration of various bargaining proposals, interest arbitration was invoked pursuant to PERA/Act 195. … Nicholas v. Pa. State Univ., 227 F.3d 133, 139-40 (3d Cir. 2000); Sameric Corp. v. City of Philadelphia, 142 F.3d 582, 590 (3d Cir. 1998); Levine v. Com., Dept. of Educ., 468 A.2d 1216, 1218 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1984).

Mellish's Estate

1 Parsons 482 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Jul 15, 1850

Huet v. … The cases of Hervey v. Dinwoody, 2 Ves. Jr. 87, Shipbrook v. Henchenbrook, 13 Vesey, 337, Brownell v. Brownell, 2 Brown’s Ch. Rep. 62, are cases resting on analogous principles, as do the cases of Ellison v.

Jackson v. Jackson

64 Pa. D. & C.2d 301 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Jun 4, 1973

Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure 1030 provides that a failure to raise an affirmative defense by new matter in the answer constitutes a waiver, and this is the well-settled law: Royal Oil & Gas Corp. v. … Defendant firmly contends that he acted in good faith, that there was no agreement to convey title to plaintiff and her husband, that it is an open and above-board transaction as far as he is concerned, and that he fully

Flomar Corp. v. Sun Ray Drug Co.

53 Pa. D. & C.2d 29 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · May 18, 1971

“(f) When a case which has been appealed from the judgment of the Municipal Court of Philadelphia is at issue and a Certificate of Readiness has been filed, the case shall be submitted to, heard and decided by a Board of … See Ryder v. Prospect Park Realty Co., Inc., 206 Pa. Superior Ct. 108 (1965). Plaintiff may assert that an interpretation of the various acts and the court rules bearing on the issue are not clear.

Gartland v. City of Philadelphia

70 Pa. D. & C. 161 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Aug 23, 1949

Again, in Raffel v. Pittsburgh et al., 340 Pa. 243, 246 (1940), quoted with approval in Wagner v. … Selznick Productions, Inc., v. Pennsylvania State Board of Censors, 26 Dist.

Philips Brothers Electrical Contractors Inc. v. School District of Philadelphia

3 Pa. D. & C.5th 562 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Apr 9, 2008

Heritage Surveyors & Engineers Inc. v. National Penn Bank, 801 A.2d 1248, 1253 (Pa. Super. 2002). . JHE Inc. v. SEPTA, 2002 Phila. C.C.P. Lexis 78 (Phila. C.C.P. Lexis 2002). . Complaint, ¶¶36-38. . Alvin v. … Unger v. National Residents Matching Program, 928 F.2d 1392, 1398 (3d Cir. 1991). . Unger v. National Residents Matching Program, 928 F.2d at 1399 (3d Cir. 1991). .

O'Quendo v. Food Fair Stores, Inc.

73 Pa. D. & C.2d 614 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Jun 27, 1975

Sisak, 436 Pa. 262 , 267 n. 3, 259 A. 2d 428 (1969); Fluke v. *618 Lang, 286 Pa. 31 , 132 Atl. 800 (1926); Sgier v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co., 260 Pa. 343 , 103 Atl. 730 (1918); Stapleton v. Horton, 183 Pa. … The cases cited by plaintiffs in their brief are not to the contrary: Pigg v. Brockman, 381 P. 2d 286, 291 (Idaho 1963); Palmer v. Brown, 273 P. 2d 306 , 317 n. 7 (Cal. App. 1954).

Graszkowski v. White Bros. Smelting Corp.

18 Pa. D. & C. 438 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Mar 3, 1933

The court in Fritz v. … American Caramel Co., 225 Pa. 644 ; Lanahan v. Arasapha Mfg. Co., 240 Pa. 292 ; Kelliher v. Brown & Co., 242 Pa. 499 ; and see Krutlies v. Bulls Head Coal Co., 249 Pa. 162 .”

TL Ventures III Management L.P. v. Fabbio

20 Pa. D. & C.5th 361 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Jan 10, 2011

In Midomo Co. v. … Sciences, Inc. v. Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior, 489 U.S. 468, 477 (1989). . 9 U.S.C. § 10 (a). . Trombetta, 907 A.2d at 567 (quoting Volt Info.

Provident Trust Co. v. Gordon

41 Pa. D. & C. 188 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Mar 13, 1941

See also for analogy Saxe v. *192 Board of Revision of. Taxes, 107 Pa. Superior Ct. 108 (1932), affirmed by the Supreme Court on Judge Baldrige’s opinion, 311 Pa. 545 (1933); Wartella v. Osick, 108 Pa. … Superior Ct. 549 (1935), affirmed by the United States Supreme Court (Hines v. Stein, 298 U. S. 94 (1936).

Philadelphia Transportation Co. v. Transport Workers Union of Philadelphia, Local No. 234

14 Pa. D. & C.2d 265 · Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · Feb 5, 1958

Cornell & Son, Inc., v. Rosenwald, 339 Pa. 18, 23 , and cases therein cited; William Linker Co., Inc., v. Feinberg, 360 Pa. 601 . … E., 202 F. 2d 435 ; International Union United Furniture Workers of America v. Colonial Hardwood Flooring Co., Inc., 168 F. 2d 33 . Defendants rely upon the case of Signal-Stat Corp. v.