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· 4/7/1890

Kalbfus v. Rundell

Citations

  • 134 Pa. 102
  • 19 A. 492
  • 1890 Pa. LEXIS 672

Syllabus

<p>Where a judgment has been recovered in an action in case in the nature of a conspiracy, the cause of action declared upon being a tort and not a mere breach of contract, the plaintiff is entitled to have a writ of capias ad satisfaciendum for its enforcement.'</p>

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that claimant’s own negligence is insufficient good cause, as a matter of law, to justify failure to appear at referee’s hearing
  • holding that “a claimant’s own negligence is insufficient ‘proper cause,’ as a matter of law, to justify his failure to appear at a referee’s hearing and warrant a new hearing”
  • holding that misreading a hearing notice was negligence on the part of the claimant and did not constitute proper cause as a matter of law to justify the claimant's failure to appear at a referee's hearing
  • noting that failure to understand a notice represents negligence on the part of claimant who received notification
  • holding claimant’s misreading of date on hearing notice did not constitute good cause for nonappearance at referee’s hearing
  • noting that failure to understand a notice represents negligence on the part of claimant who received notification

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Judges: McCollum, Mitchell, Paxson, Pee, Sterrett, Williams

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