Case law

Commonwealth v. Coleman

445 Pa. Super. 199 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Sep 18, 1995

However, in Commonwealth v. … See Commonwealth v. McNeil and Commonwealth v. Durst, supra.

Sinkiewicz v. Susquehanna Collieries Co.

115 Pa. Super. 377 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 22, 1934

We cannot substitute our judgment for that of the referee or board to whom is delegated the exclusive function of determining facts: Morris v. Yough C. & S. Co., 266 Pa. 216, 219 , 109 A. 914 ; Todd v. Lehigh V. C. … Cornish, 295 Pa. 73 ; Matis v. Schaeffer, 270 Pa. 141 ; Lane v. Horn and Hardart Baking Co., 261 Pa, 329.”

Commonwealth v. Jette

2003 Pa. Super. 69 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Feb 24, 2003

Commonwealth v. Brown, 701 A.2d 252, 254 (Pa.Super.1997) (citations omitted). … See also Commonwealth v.

Neri v. Atlantic Refining Co.

65 Pa. Super. 444 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 7, 1917

As stated in Wagner v. … Superior Ct. 231 ; Brace v. Kirby, 43 Pa. Superior Ct. 389 ; McHugh v. Steel Co., 219 Pa. 644 . The judgment is reversed, and now entered in favor of the defendant.

Barclay-Westmoreland Trust Co. v. Latrobe Borough

131 Pa. Super. 513 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Apr 18, 1938

The referee granted an award, which was sustained by the board and the learned court below. The essential facts are not in dispute. … See, also, Grym et al. v. City of Virginia et al. (Mann.), 257 N. W. 661 . In Sames v. Borough of Perkasie et al., 100 Pa.

General Mills, Inc. v. Snavely

203 Pa. Super. 162 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Apr 14, 1964

Glen Alden Goal Co., 339 Pa. 410 , 14 A. 2d 127 ; Hillcrest Foundation, Inc. v. *168 McFeaters, 332 Pa. 497 , 2 A. 2d 775 ; Esakovich v. Groudine, 141 Pa. Superior Ct. 365 , 14 A. 2d 850 . … Filler Products v. Corriere, 381 Pa. 394 , 113 A. 2d 219 ; Wathen v. Brown, 200 Pa. Superior Ct. 620 , 189 A. 2d 900 .

Wright v. Glen Alden Coal Co.

178 Pa. Super. 145 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Apr 18, 1955

Opinion by Woodside, J., This is an appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County setting aside an award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board made in a death claim brought under The Pennsylvania Occupational Disease … In Lowe v. American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp., 178 Pa.

Commonwealth v. Rizzo

78 Pa. Super. 163 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 3, 1922

L. 158, prohibiting adverse reference to “neglect or refusal of any defendant, actually upon trial in a criminal court, to offer himself as a witness”: Com. v. Martin, 34 Pa. Superior Ct. 451 ; Com. v. … A brakeman saw two strangers board the train about three miles out from Philadelphia.

Myers v. Strousse

94 Pa. Super. 440 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 3, 1928

The Supreme Court said, speaking through Chief Justice Brown: “It was incumbent upon the plaintiff to show, by direct or circumstantial evidence, not only that Clay was the servant of Mrs. … Reymer, but that he was on an errand for her or engaged in *446 her business at the time he drove the automobile into the wagon: Lotz v. Hanlon, 217 Pa. 339 ; Curran v. Lorch, 243 Pa. 247 ; Luckett v.

Commonwealth v. Weber

67 Pa. Super. 497 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Jul 13, 1917

satisfied the burden when it showed that defendant had absconded in 1910; that the officers had diligently attempted to find him, and that he succeeded in avoiding arrest by denials of his identity, frequent changes of boarding … In the interpretation, words in common use should be construed in their natural, plain and ordinary meaning: City of Pittsburgh v. Kalchthaler, 114 Pa. 547 ; Com. v. Shaleen, 30 Pa. Superior Ct. 1, 11 .

Commonwealth v. Atlantic Refining Co.

69 Pa. Super. 32 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 2, 1918

The tax is levied upon a mode of doing business, and not upon the person or property : Com. v. Thomas Potter, Sons & Co., 159 Pa. 583 ; Knisely v. Cotterel, 196 Pa. 614 . … The place of business must be permanent: Com. v. American Tobacco Co., 173 Pa. 531 .

Commonwealth Ex Rel. Powell v. Rosenberry

435 Pa. Super. 337 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Jul 18, 1994

. 61 P.S. § 331.17, 331.21, 331.26; Commonwealth v. … See Commonwealth v.

Philadelphia v. Reader

31 Pa. Super. 75 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · May 14, 1906

Ballantine, 96 Pa. 186 ; Emrick v. Dicken, 92 Pa. 78 ; Delaney v. Gault, 30 Pa. 63 . … That does not, however, have the effect of making the defendant personally liable for the claim: Pittsburg’s Appeal, 118 Pa. 458 ; Philadelphia v. Kates, 150 Pa. 30 ; Philadelphia v. Browning, 13 Pa.

Robson v. Pennsylvania Mutual Live Stock Insurance

57 Pa. Super. 491 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Jul 15, 1914

In Damms v. Humboldt F. … It was pointed out by Justice Brown in Zimmer v. Central Accident Ins. Co., 207 Pa. 472 , that the act of 1876 refers to companies, while the act of 1881 applies to policies.

New Castle School District v. School District

141 Pa. Super. 401 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Jul 23, 1940

Com. v. Great American Indemnity Co., 312 Pa. 183 , 167 A. 793 ; 3 Stand. Pa. Prac. 601, *403 §12. … Com. v. Great American Indemnity Co., supra; Howes v. Scott, 224 Pa. 7 , 73 A. 186 . The case was tried by the court without a jury resulting in a decision in favor of the plaintiffs. Judgment was entered accordingly.

Jester v. Electric Power Construction Co.

113 Pa. Super. 177 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 20, 1934

The Electric Power Construction Company, defendant, and the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, insurance carrier defendant, were held liable (see Sgattone v. … L. 598 (77 PS §872), provides inter alia: “Any party may appeal from any action of the board on matters of law to the court of common pleas of the county in which the accident occurred or of the county in which the adverse

Zalesky v. Northwestern Phila. Building Ass'n

101 Pa. Super. 274 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 9, 1930

The answer further denied that the petitioner was informed that she was entitled to a stock loan of $1,000 or any other sum but that a stock loan note in the sum of $1,000 executed by her was presented to the board of directors … This is in accordance with the law as laid down in Commonwealth v. Commissioners of Allegheny County, 32 Pa. 218 , and Douglas v. McLean, 25 Pa. Superior Ct. 9 .

Capan v. Divine Providence Hospital

287 Pa. Super. 364 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 10, 1980

In Ostrowski v. … The second factor justifying a finding of an “ostensible agency” relationship between hospital and physician exists where the hospital “holds out” the physician as its employee. 4 Brown v.

Commonwealth v. Scott

38 Pa. Super. 303 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Feb 26, 1909

Opinion by Henderson, J., This case was argued with Commonwealth v. John Havrilla, ante, p. 292, and arises out of a similar state of facts. The decision in the latter case disposes of the first assignment in this case. … The fifth assignment relates to the refusal of the court to admit in evidence a copy of the election law sent by the county commissioners to the election board of which the defendant was judge, in which copy it was stated

Morgan v. Sbarbaro

307 Pa. Super. 308 · Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Nov 12, 1982

Wrightstown Township, 45 Pa.Commw. 34, 405 A.2d 568 (1979); Bethlehem Mines Corp. v. Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board, 43 Pa.Commw. 454, 402 A.2d 718 (1979); Gibson v. … Miller, 265 Pa.Super. 597 , 402 A.2d 1033 (1979); Doner v. Jowitt & Rogers Co., 484 Pa. 496 , 399 A.2d 402 (1979); Commonwealth v. DeMuro, 24 Pa.Commw. 480, 357 A.2d 270 (1976); Costigan v.