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  • Custer v. School District of Prospect Park

    12 Pa. Super. 102 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Dec 11, 1899

    faith, or to have clearly abused their powers : McCrea v. … School District, 145 Pa. 550 ; Whitehead v. School District, 145 Pa. 418 . The plaintiff in this case was appointed to be a teacher.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Gill Unemployment Compensation Case

    165 Pa. Super. 605 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Nov 16, 1949

    *Page 608 In Layton v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 156 Pa. … In reversing the order of the Board of Review in the Layton case, supra, this Court said, pages 226, 227: "The general rule is in accord with the board's action, which followed the strict wording of the statute.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Gerardi v. Harleysville Insurance

    293 Pa. Super. 375 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Dec 18, 1981

    Brown, 63 Cal.2d 508 , 47 Cal.Rptr. 363 , 407 P.2d 275 (1965); cf. Touchette v. Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company, 80 Wash.2d 327 , 494 P.2d 479 (1972) (citing Mission Insurance Company v. Brown). … See also Shamey v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Shatto v. Bardinet Exports, Inc.

    170 Pa. Super. 16 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Nov 15, 1951

    The Board in its opinion also said that claimant was not doing his usual work when he became ill, and indicated that his exertion in shoveling snow was the cause of his heart condition. • The Board further stated that claimant … Judgment is reversed, and.is here entered for defendant. 1 Updegraff v. Pennsylvania Game Commission, 163 Pa. Superior Ct. 112, 115, 116 , 60 A. 2d 605 . 2 Owatt v. Rodman’s Beverage, 169 Pa.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Pongratz v. Boyer

    180 Pa. Super. 260 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Jan 17, 1956

    At the intersection of Poplar Street and Brown Avenue, Mrs. Pongratz started to cross Brown Avenue. She had proceeded about one-third of the way when she was struck by an automobile operated by Kenneth R. … See Todd v. Bercini, 371 Pa. 605 , 92 A. 2d 538 . Appellant also argues that the size of the verdict was influenced' by evidence of the decedent’s contribu *265 tory negligence, citing Ewing v. Marsh, 174 Pa.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Brann

    81 Pa. Super. 38 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 15, 1923

    V, article I, section 2, paragraph 9, P. … Norristown, *42 100 Pa. 368 ; Millerstown v. Bell, 123 Pa. 151, 154 ; Com. v. Jackson, 34 Pa. Superior Ct. 178 ; Com. v. Corson, 36 Pa. Superior Ct. 7 ; P. R. R. Co.’s Case, 213 Pa. 373 . Judgment affirmed.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Zimmer v. Closky

    122 Pa. Super. 142 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Apr 22, 1936

    The referee made an open award of compensation, and on appeal to the Board, the award was sustained. … See Furman v. Standard Pressed Steel Co., 111 Pa. Superior Ct. 44, 48 , 169 A. 243 . The order is affirmed. 1 See opinion of Judge Cunningham filed this day in Graham v. Hillman Coal & Coke Co., 122 Pa.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Kashner v. Geisinger Clinic

    432 Pa. Super. 361 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Feb 1, 1994

    See Brown v. … See Eagle v.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Hankin Liquor License Case

    202 Pa. Super. 100 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Nov 13, 1963

    Liquor License Case, supra, 395 Pa. 355, 361 , 150 A. 2d 112 (1959); Commonwealth v. Bienkowski, 137 Pa. Superior Ct. 474, 479, 480 , 9 A. 2d 169 (1939). … The Board contends with equal vigor, inter alia, that such transactions do constitute sales of alcoholic beverages on Sundays. We agree with the Board.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Bush v. Keystone Carbon Co.

    211 Pa. Super. 422 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Dec 22, 1967

    Prior to this amendment this Court in Nolan v. Hake, 178 Pa. … In Vossbruch v. Reiner Electronics Co., Inc., 19 Pa.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Kosek v. Wilkes-Barre Township School District

    110 Pa. Super. 295 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 7, 1933

    of school directors or of the local board of health require. … He is not within the same class as the secretary of the board—Howell v.

    Cited 20 timesPublished
  • Tri-State Roofing Co. v. Simon

    187 Pa. Super. 17 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Jun 11, 1958

    The cases of Lowenstein v. Bache, 41 Pa. Superior Ct. 552 , and Smelo v. Girard Trust Co., 158 Pa. … Brown, 100 Pa. 338 , where the threats, if carried out, would have ruined the business of Brown. Judgment affirmed.

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • Diamond v. Drucker

    177 Pa. Super. 226 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Jan 14, 1955

    Paull v. Pivar, 161 Pa. Superior Ct. 233, 237 , 53 A. 2d 826; Sterle v. Galiardi Coal & Coke Co., 168 Pa. Superior Ct. 254, 258 , 77 A. 2d 669 . … Armour, 218 Pa. 73 , 66 A. 1001; Spiess v. Simon, 65 Pa. Superior Ct. 311 ; Brown v. Brown, 164 Pa. Superior Ct. 350, 352 , 64 A. 2d 506 ), have no application.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Vanino v. Textile MacHine Works

    183 Pa. Super. 181 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 20, 1957

    “It is only where the employee is not totally disabled and actually performs some labor for which he is paid wages or salary (Chase v. Emery Mfg. Co., 271 Pa. 265, 268-9 , 113 A. 840 ; Hickey v. … The testimony was conflicting to some degree, and the board, acting within its function as fact-finder, accepted the testimony of one of the doctors. The finding is amply supported by the evidence. See Loudon v. H. W.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Stroud

    699 A.2d 1305 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Aug 26, 1997

    He returned the plastic bag to the brown paper bag, placed the brown bag back into the trunk, closed the lid, remained standing in the street, and resumed his conversation with the males with whom he had previously been talking … In Commonwealth v.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Boyle, E. v. Main Line Health

    2025 Pa. Super. 148 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Jul 17, 2025

    Berkeyheiser v. A-Plus Investigations, Inc., 936 A.2d 1117, 1123-24 (Pa.Super. 2007). See also Farrell v. … Chrysczanavicz v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Litman v. Litman

    185 Pa. Super. 69 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Jan 21, 1958

    The board is tbe ultimate arbiter of tbe facts and its findings are binding on appeal if supported by competent and substantial evidence. Greap v. Oberdorff, 178 Pa. Superior Ct. 153, 157 , 113 A. 2d 339 ; Messikomer v. … Defendant cites Lacey v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Courier Times, Inc. v. United Feature Syndicate, Inc.

    300 Pa. Super. 40 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · May 21, 1982

    On this point, it is plainly contradicted by Roberts v. Board of Directors of School District of City of Scranton, 462 Pa. 464 , 469 & n. 1, 341 A.2d 475 , 478 & n.1 (1975). Cf. … Meylor v. Brown, 281 N.W.2d 632, 635 (Iowa 1979) (emphasis in original). 11 . Plaintiffs’ Exhibit P-29 is the top of Page 1-A of the Inquirer for Saturday, February 6, 1982.

    Cited 26 timesPublished
  • Grasavage Unemployment Compensation Case

    199 Pa. Super. 396 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Nov 15, 1962

    Tax Review Board of Philadelphia, 188 Pa. Superior Ct. 623 , 149 A. 2d 557 , and McElhinney v. Belsky, 165 Pa. Superior Ct. 546 , 69 A. 2d 178 . The cases cited do not control the instant appeal. … In fact, the case of Commonwealth v. Grasavage, 27 Pa.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Eckman v. U. S. Lock & Hardware Co.

    146 Pa. Super. 513 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Nov 11, 1941

    We think the board made a proper appraisal of this conversation. It was certainly not a spontaneous utterance immediately succeeding the act in question. Riley v. Carnegie Steel Co., supra, p. 84. … The board could not fail to recognize that the time of the occurrence was most indefinite, and could not be fixed with any degree of certainty. Kirby v. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp., 145 Pa.

    Cited 6 timesPublished

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