Commonwealth v. American Steel Hoop Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 6, May T., 1909, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Dauphin Co., Commonwealth Docket, 1906, No. 530, for defendant on case tried by the court without a jury in suit of Commonwealth ex rel. Attorney-General v. American Steel PIoop Company. Appeal from tax settlement. The court in an opinion by Kunkel, J., entered judgment for defendant on case tried by the court without a jury. Error assigned was in entering judgment for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
The bonus which the commonwealth would exact from the appellee, a corporation organized under the laws of New Jersey and engaged in business here, is claimed under the Act of May 8, 1901, P. L. 150. By that act a bonus of one-third of one per centum is imposed upon the capital of foreign corporations actually employed or to be employed wholly within this state, and a like bonus is imposed upon each subsequent increase of capital so employed. In Com. v. Danville Bessemer Co., 207 Pa. 302, the claim of the commonwealth was for a bonus upon the capital of the company…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Commonwealth v. Danville Bessemer Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
- Commonwealth v. Erie & Western Transportation Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1884
3Cited by6 opinions
- Pennsylvania v. York Silk Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1911
- Commonwealth v. Bayuk Cigars, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
- Commonwealth v. Highspire Distillery Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
- Commonwealth v. Merchant Shipbuilding Corp., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Dauphin County1923
- Commonwealth v. Valvoline Oil Co., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Dauphin County1928
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