245 Pa. Super. 322 - Commonwealth v. Dean’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 240 Pa. Super. 458 - Commonwealth v. Landy · International Electronics Co. v. N. S. T. Metal Products Co. · Herdic v. Young · 165 Pa. Super. 507 - Winner v. Messinger · Corn Exchange National Bank v. Solicitors' Loan & Trust Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“[T]he Commonwealth, the named defendant, is no longer in possession of the subject matter sought, having turned over such funds to the victim. It is fundamental to an action of replevin that the defendant be in actual or constructive possession of the property which is the subject of the action.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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