State Supreme Court / Pa.

Young Mens Christian Assoc. of Germantown v. Phila.

Decided April 2, 1936. George W. Maxey wrote the opinion for the court.

187 A. 204 · Cited 113 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Dougherty, Tr. v. Philadelphia · 171 A. 583
Belmont Laboratories, Inc. v. Heist · 151 A. 15
Kirmse v. Adler · 166 A. 566
Hamilton v. Fay · 128 A. 837
People Ex Rel. Mizpah Lodge No. 518 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows v. Burke · 126 N.E. 703

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