Legal Opinion · Dissent

United States Steel Co. v. Allegheny County

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 7, 1952No. Appeals, Nos. 175 and 176Published

1Dissent

Dissenting Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones:

The majority opinion assumes that the amendatory Act of July 15, 1935, P. L. 1007, re-enacted the right to pay into court taxes on an appealed assessment under Section 518 of the Act of 1933, P. L. 853, which right the Act of July 12, 1935, P. L. 674, expressly abolished. With that assumption as a premise, the majority builds up a case of implied repeal for which requisite repugnance between independent or suppler mental non-contemporaneous enactments is not present. This is a case of two amendments of the same section of prior law both enacted at the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. Overholt Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  2. Duffy v. CookeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
  3. Commonwealth v. Provident Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
  4. Homestead Borough v. Defense Plant Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
  5. Commonwealth v. CooperSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923

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