Murphy v. Murphy

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the mere assertion that notice was not received, absent corroboration, is not sufficient to overcome mailbox rule presumption, which presumes mailed item was received
• holding docket entry stating, “NS ORDER FOR HEARING FILED; HEARING FIXED FOR JUNE 12, 2008 AT 8:30AM. DATE REPLACES PRIOR HEARING DATE OF MAY 2, 2008,” satisfied notice requirement and established presumption that opposing party received filing
• holding docket entry stating, “NS ORDER FOR HEARING FILED; HEARING FIXED FOR JUNE 12, 2008 AT 8:30AM. DATE REPLACES PRIOR HEARING DATE OF MAY 2, 2008,” satisfied notice requirement and established presumption that opposing party received filing
• “[T]he presumption under the mailbox rule is not nullified solely by testimony denying receipt of the item mailed.”
• “[T]he presumption under the mailbox rule is not nullified solely by testimony denying receipt of the item mailed.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

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  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-06-16· cited 8×
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  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-12-31· cited 3×
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  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-08-11
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  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-03-06
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  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-10-01

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Stockton v. Stockton
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-08-06· cited 49×
• Commonwealth v. Thomas
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-31· cited 43×
• Breza v. Don Farr Moving & Storage Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-07-02· cited 22×
• Hayward v. Hayward
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-09-25· cited 19×
• Lyday v. Lyday
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-12-30· cited 16×
• Federal National Mortgage Ass'n v. Citiano
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-10-10· cited 16×
• Hepler v. Urban
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-05-18· cited 7×