Cases in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania: Being Those Cases Not Designated to be Reported by the State Reporter from 1885 to 1889, Volume 8

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Page 608 - An employer is not bound to indemnify his employee for losses suffered by the latter in consequence of the ordinary risks of the business in which he is employed, nor in consequence of the negligence of another person employed by the same employer in the same general business...
Page 92 - But this does not prevent an inquiry into the jurisdiction of the court in which the original judgment was given, to pronounce it; or the right of the State itself to exercise authority over the person or the subject-matter.
Page 90 - A conveyance upon a sale made pursuant to a final judgment, in an action to foreclose a mortgage upon real property, vests in the purchaser the same estate, only, that would have vested in the mortgagee if the equity of redemption had been foreclosed.
Page 133 - That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Page 57 - Where parties, without any fraud or mistake, have deliberately put their engagements in writing, the law declares the writing to be not only the best, but the only evidence of their agreement, and we are not disposed to relax the rule.
Page 607 - Assembly shall limit the amount to be recovered for injuries resulting in death, or for injuries to persons or property : and in case of death from such injuries the right of action shall survive, and the General Assembly shall prescribe for whose benefit such actions shall be prosecuted. No act shall prescribe any limitations of time within which suits may be brought against corporations for injuries to persons or property, or for other causes different from those fixed by general laws regulating...
Page 46 - The condition of this obligation is such, that if the above bounden , his heirs, executors, administrators, or any of them, shall and do well and truly pay...
Page 5 - In all cases where a remedy is provided, or duty enjoined, or anything directed to be done by any act or acts of assembly of this commonwealth, the directions of the said a.cts shall be strictly pursued...
Page 391 - Secondly, it may be apparent from the intrinsic nature and subject of the bargain itself; such as no man in his senses, and not under delusion, would make on the one hand, and as no honest and fair man would accept on the other; which are inequitable and unconscientious bargains, and of such even the Common Law has taken notice.
Page 46 - ... without any fraud or further delay, then the above obligation to be void. or else to be and remain in full force and virtue.

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