Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Garland
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 26, 1958No. Appeal, No. 168PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Benjamin R. Jones,
A narrow issue is presented on this appeal: does an equity court have discretion to refuse an injunction where the Department of Welfare submits evidence that a private convalescent home is being operated without a license issued by the Department?
*47Florence Garland, the appellee, since 1950 has been operating a private convalescent home for the aged1 at 2041-43 Wallace Street, Philadelphia, wherein were twenty-nine patients. On October 3, 1956 the Department of Welfare issued a license to appellee, dated February 11, 1956, to operate a private…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Osborn v. Bank of United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- Hotel Casey Co. v. RossSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
- Fairmont Aluminum Company v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1955
- General Investment Co. v. New York Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Walling v. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1943
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Zimmerman v. O'BANNONSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Davis v. SulcoweSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
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- A. Scott Enterprises v. City of Allentown, Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
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