District and County Reports: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in All the Judicial Districts of Pennsylvania, Volume 7Legal Intelligencer., 1926 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... possession of the above described prem- ises since the year 1914 , and his possession , and that of his predecessors in title , has been open , notorious and exclusive during a period of thirty - seven years and upwards immediately ...
... possession of the above described prem- ises since the year 1914 , and his possession , and that of his predecessors in title , has been open , notorious and exclusive during a period of thirty - seven years and upwards immediately ...
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... possession beyond the date of his death , the members of the class are to be ascertained at that time and not at the date of the testator's death . The next question raised by the exceptions is whether a sale would be to the interest ...
... possession beyond the date of his death , the members of the class are to be ascertained at that time and not at the date of the testator's death . The next question raised by the exceptions is whether a sale would be to the interest ...
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... possession for the purpose of obtaining an accurate copy , delivered it into the possession of a constable , at the direction of the magistrate , and , relying on the assurance of the magistrate and the constable that the writ and ...
... possession for the purpose of obtaining an accurate copy , delivered it into the possession of a constable , at the direction of the magistrate , and , relying on the assurance of the magistrate and the constable that the writ and ...
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... possession of the deer two hours after it was killed . Appeal from summary conviction . Q. S. Union Co. , Jan. Sess . , 1925 . L. F. Lybarger and Curtis C. Lesher , District Attorney , for Commonwealth . A. W. Johnson , for defendant ...
... possession of the deer two hours after it was killed . Appeal from summary conviction . Q. S. Union Co. , Jan. Sess . , 1925 . L. F. Lybarger and Curtis C. Lesher , District Attorney , for Commonwealth . A. W. Johnson , for defendant ...
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... possession of its premises and oust it therefrom . Any wrongful act of the landlord which results in an interference with the tenant's possession in whole or in part amounts to an eviction : Oakford v . Nixon et al . , 177 Pa . 76 . If ...
... possession of its premises and oust it therefrom . Any wrongful act of the landlord which results in an interference with the tenant's possession in whole or in part amounts to an eviction : Oakford v . Nixon et al . , 177 Pa . 76 . If ...
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Page 302 - Where the language of a statute, in its ordinary meaning and grammatical construction, leads to a manifest contradiction of the apparent purpose of the enactment, or to some inconvenience or absurdity, hardship or injustice, presumably not intended, a construction may be put upon it which modifies the meaning of the words, and even the structure of the sentence.
Page 332 - What constitutes a holder in due course. — A holder in due course is a holder who has taken the instrument under the following conditions: (1) That it is complete and regular upon its face. (2) That he became the holder of it before it was overdue, and without notice that it had been previously dishonored, if such was the fact. (3) That he took it in good faith and for value. (4) That at the time it was negotiated to him he had no notice of any infirmity in the instrument or defect in the title...
Page 45 - J., observed that in order for it to apply "there must be reasonable evidence of negligence, but where the thing is shown to be under the management of the defendant or his servants, and the accident is such as in the ordinary course of things does not happen, if those who have the management use proper care, it affords reasonable evidence, in the absence of explanation by the defendants, that the accident arose from want of care.
Page 175 - It is a familiar canon of construction that a thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter; and a thing which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute unless it be within the intention of the makers.
Page 69 - The General Assembly shall provide for the maintenance and support of a thorough and efficient system of public schools, wherein all the children of this Commonwealth, above the age of six years, may be educated, and shall appropriate at least one million dollars each year for that purpose.
Page 332 - Every holder is deemed prima facie to be a holder in due course; but when it is shown that the title of any person who has negotiated the instrument was defective, the burden is on the holder to prove that he or some person under whom he claims acquired the title as holder in due course.
Page 614 - A tax shall be and is hereby imposed upon the transfer of any property, real or personal...
Page 462 - ... shall include all other injuries sustained while the employee is actually engaged in the furtherance of the business or affairs of the employer, whether upon the employer's premises or elsewhere, and shall include all injuries caused by the condition of the premises or by the operation of the employer's business or affairs thereon sustained by the...
Page 156 - The rule of law upon this subject appears to be that, except where the Constitution has imposed limits upon the legislative power, It must be considered as practically absolute, whether it operate according to natural justice or not in any parr ticular case.
Page 339 - ... and such ways of egress and means of escape shall be kept free from obstruction, in good repair and ready for use. Every room above the second story...