Erie County Law Journal: Reports of Cases Decided in the Several Courts of Erie and Adjacent Counties ..., Volume 1L.F. Perry, 1919 |
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... Constitution , which provides : " No law shall extend the term of any public officer , or increase or diminish his salary or emoluments , after his election or appointment . " 2. County Commissioners have power to increase a County ...
... Constitution , which provides : " No law shall extend the term of any public officer , or increase or diminish his salary or emoluments , after his election or appointment . " 2. County Commissioners have power to increase a County ...
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... Constitution of Pennsylva- nia provides : " No law.shall extend the term of any public officer , . or increase or diminish his salary or emoluments , after his elec- tion or appointment " -- but in our opinion , the office of county ...
... Constitution of Pennsylva- nia provides : " No law.shall extend the term of any public officer , . or increase or diminish his salary or emoluments , after his elec- tion or appointment " -- but in our opinion , the office of county ...
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... Constitution . See Baldwin vs. Philadelphia , 99 Penna . , 164 . McCormick vs. Fayette County , 150 Penna . , 190 . And the payment of the solicitor's salary by the month in- stead of annually or otherwise is certainly a matter within ...
... Constitution . See Baldwin vs. Philadelphia , 99 Penna . , 164 . McCormick vs. Fayette County , 150 Penna . , 190 . And the payment of the solicitor's salary by the month in- stead of annually or otherwise is certainly a matter within ...
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... constitution and laws of the state were being formulated and construed , and when precedents were being made , instead of simply followed ; when the courts were render- ing those great decisions which are " the peaks and promontories ...
... constitution and laws of the state were being formulated and construed , and when precedents were being made , instead of simply followed ; when the courts were render- ing those great decisions which are " the peaks and promontories ...
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... constitution adopted subsequent thereto expressly recognizing the right of the legislature to so declare , the order in time of conferring the power and its exercise by the legislature is not of controlling importance . To the contrary ...
... constitution adopted subsequent thereto expressly recognizing the right of the legislature to so declare , the order in time of conferring the power and its exercise by the legislature is not of controlling importance . To the contrary ...
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Page 6 - Except as otherwise provided in this constitution, no law shall extend the term of any public officer, or increase or diminish his salary or emoluments after his election or appointment...
Page 134 - Municipal and other corporations and individuals invested with the privilege of taking private property for public use, shall make just compensation for property taken, injured, or destroyed by the construction or enlargement of their works, highways, or improvements, which compensation shall be paid or secured before such taking, injury, or destruction.
Page 187 - Pennsylvania, all murder which shall be perpetrated by means of poison, or by lying in wait, or by any other kind of willful, deliberate, and premeditated killing, or which shall be committed in the perpetration or attempt to perpetrate any arson, rape, robbery, or burglary, shall be deemed murder in the first degree; and all other kinds of murder shall be deemed murder of the second degree.
Page 75 - States, that the measure of damages is the difference between the contract price and the market value of the...
Page 201 - Every person in the service of another under any contract of hire, express or implied, oral or written, including aliens, and also including minors who are legally permitted to work under the laws of the state...
Page 187 - all murder which shall be perpetrated by means of poison, or lying in wait, or by any other kind of willful, deliberate and premeditated killing, or which shall be committed in the perpetration of, or attempt to perpetrate any arson, rape, robbery or burglary, shall be deemed murder in the first degree, and all other kinds of murder shall be deemed murder in the second degree...
Page 91 - Parol evidence is admissible to establish a contemporaneous oral agreement which induced the execution of a written contract, though it may vary, change, or reform the instrument. It has been often said that such oral agreement must be shown by evidence that is clear, precise, and indubitable...
Page 187 - ... the jury, before whom any person indicted for murder shall be tried, shall, if they find such person guilty thereof, ascertain in their verdict, whether it be murder of the first or second degree...
Page 168 - No carrier shall be liable for loss, damage, or injury not occurring on its own road or its portion of the through route, nor after said property has been delivered to the next carrier, except as such liability is or may be imposed by law, but nothing contained in this bill of lading shall be deemed to exempt the initial carrier from any such liability so imposed.
Page 97 - He (plaintiff) must show that the relation of master and servant existed between the defendant and the...