Legal Opinion

Philadelphia Life Insurance v. Commonwealth

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 16, 1963No. Appeals, 19 and 20Published

1Opinion of the Court

410 Pa. 571 (1963)

Philadelphia Life Insurance Company

v.

Commonwealth, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued November 14, 1962.

April 16, 1963.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and KEIM, JJ.

Mark Yaskin, Deputy Attorney General, with him David Stahl, Attorney General, for appellants.

Sanford D. Beecher, with him Lowell S. Thomas, Jr., and Duane, Morris & Heckscher, for appellee.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BENJAMIN R. JONES, April 16, 1963:

The basic issue on this appeal[1] is the jurisdiction of a court of equity: (a) to restrain officials of the Commonwealth from the…

2Cases cited39 opinions

  1. Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  2. Larson v. Domestic and Foreign Commerce Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
  3. Philadelphia Co. v. StimsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  4. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. RedwineSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  5. Turco Paint & Varnish Co. v. KalodnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936

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