Commonwealth Ex Rel. Spriggs v. Carson

Decided January 28, 1977. Robert N.C. Nix Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

368 A.2d 635 · Cited 224 times

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• Commonwealth ex rel. Holschuh v. Holland-Moritz · 448 Pa. 437
• Conway v. Dana · 456 Pa. 536
• Commonwealth v. Daven · 148 A. 524
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Parikh v. Parikh · 449 Pa. 105
• Com. Ex Rel. Myers v. Myers · 360 A.2d 587
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Lucas v. Kreischer · 450 Pa. 352

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