Commonwealth v. Megargee Bros.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 20, May T., 1922, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Dauphin Co., Commonwealth Docket, 1920, No. 79, for Commonwealth, on case tried by court without jury, in suit of Commonwealth v. Megargee Bros., Inc. Appeal from tax settlement. Before Hargest, P. J., without a jury. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Judgment for Commonwealth for $240.66. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, inter alia, was judgment, quoting it.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Simpson,
The agreed statement of facts, on which this case was heard and decided by the court below, sets forth that defendant, a domestic corporation, was the owner of a property, subject to mortgages aggregating $120,000, held by individual residents of the State, to whom defendant paid the interest which had accrued thereon, without deducting the four mills tax imposed by the Act of June 17, 1913, P. L. 507, and its amendments. It was not stated whether there were any bonds or other evidences of indebtedness for which the mortgages were security; or, if there were,…
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