McKinney v. Brown
Citations
- 130 Pa. 365
Syllabus
<p>[To be reported.]</p> <p>1. While the filing, for purpose of lien only, of a transcript of a judgment recovered before a justice of the peace, gives the Court of Common Pleas no jurisdiction to open or set the judgment aside, yet, if void upon its face, it may and should, upon motion by the defendant, be stricken from the records of the court as something unlawfully placed there.</p> <p>2. A judgment against a married woman, rendered under the act of April 11, 1848, P. L. 536, must be self-supporting; that is to say, the record must show that the judgment was lawfully entered, and that all of the requisites prescribed by the statute were complied with; and if it does not do so, the judgment will be void as to her upon its face.</p> <p>3. A judgment for the price of alleged necessaries, rendered by a justice of the peace in 1885, against husband and wife, in default of an appearance, is void as to the wife, if the record do not show that some testimony was heal'd; as in the absence of testimony, it could not legally have been adjudged that the debt was one for which she was liable under the act of 1848.</p>
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- holding State Police cadets did not have a property interest in positions with the State Police because they were not yet employees
- holding that a new cadet does not have a property interest in continued employment, and therefore, the legislature did not wish to afford cadets an opportunity to be heard thereby leaving the decision to terminate to the discretion of PSP without review by this Court
- state trooper cadets dismissed for cheating on examinations did not have sufficient properly right entitling them to a due process hearing prior to discharge
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Judges: Clare, Green, McCollum, Mitchell, Paxson, Sterrett, Williams
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