Kerr v. Martin
Citations
- 122 Pa. 436
- 15 A. 860
- 1888 Pa. LEXIS 620
Syllabus
<p>Where, contrary to the provisions of a rule of court, the sheriff of a county has become the surety upon a recognizance for an appeal from an award of arbitrators, it is error to strike off the appeal, regular in other respects, without a rule upon the appellant to perfect his recognizance : Means v. Trout, 16 S. & R. 349, followed; Carr v. McGovern,. 66 Pa. 458. distinguished.</p>
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- a landowner may not gain a vested right by relying on the statements of mere ministerial officers, such as a zoning officer or his secretary
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Judges: Clare, Gordon, Green, Hand, Paxson, Sterrett, Williams
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