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Kister v. Commonwealth

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 7, 1983No. Appeal, No. 2753 C.D. 1981PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Warren L. Kister and Janet O. Kister, his wife, have filed a petition for review of an order of the Pennsylvania Department of Community Affairs, Board of Property, dismissing for lack of jurisdiction, their petition in the nature of an Action to Quiet Title. We reverse the board’s order and remand the record to the Board of Property for disposition of the petitioners ’ complaint on its merit.

A brief history of this cause is as follows: Charles B. Kister, the father of Warren O. Kister, acquired a farm property in Somerset County. In the year 1955 the Pennsylvania Fish…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Gardner v. Allegheny CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
  2. Winger v. AiresSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
  3. Pennsylvania Mutual Life Ins. v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
  4. Wilson v. City of ScrantonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1891
  5. Truitt v. Borough of Ambridge Water AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Krulac v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Game CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  2. McCullough v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  3. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORP. v. DavidgeCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  4. Kister v. Pennsylvania Fish CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  5. S. O'Layer McCready v. PA Tpk. CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2017

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