Girard Trust Co. v. Union Township School District

Shanaman, J.,

The pleadings are: (1) Plaintiff’s bill in equity averring unconstitutionality of defendant’s tax resolution and that its property is confiscated thereby, and praying that enforcement of the resolution be enjoined; and (2) an answer by the school district denying illegality of its ordinance, or confiscation thereby of plaintiff’s property. Defendant John T. Dyer Quarry Company did not answer.

The issues are: (1) The constitutionality or unconstitutionality of the resolution, and (2) whether its effect is confiscatory upon plaintiff’s property.

Findings of Fact

1. Plaintiff, a…