· 2/27/1851
Salter v. Reed
Citations
- 15 Pa. 260
- 1851 Pa. LEXIS 13
How courts have described this case
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- citing, inter alia, Montgomery County, Pa. v. MERSCORP Inc., 795 F.3d 372 (3d Cir. 2015
- discerning the meaning of a mortgage assignment statute by viewing it in the context of how it had been interpreted by Pennsylvania Courts for over a hundred years
- “Notwithstanding the general rule that ‘shall’ is mandatory, we are aware that the word ‘shall’ has also been interpreted to mean ‘may’ or as being merely directory as opposed to mandatory.”
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Judges: Coulter
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