Legal Opinion
Percival v. City of Philadelphia
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 21, 1974No. Appeals, Nos. 1062 to 1073 C.D. 1972PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion By
Judge Rogers,
The appellants are nonresidents of the City of Philadelphia who enjoy employment within the city but refuse to file returns of or to pay the city’s tax on earned income. They appeal from orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County declaring absolute rules upon them to show cause why writs of *631capias ad respondendum should not issue and setting bail.
One of the questions raised in this appeal was based upon the alleged failure of the city to file praecipes for writs in the court below, the appellants’ contention being that lawsuits may not be commenced by…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Reed v. ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Kiker v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
- Philadelphia v. ClineSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
- Application of ThompsonDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1957
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Murphy v. Harleysville Mutual InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Leechburg Area School District v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Hardesty v. Fisher, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Mercer County1976
- Harness Racing Funds, Pennsylvania Department of Justice1975
- Robbiani v. BurkeSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1978
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