Higgins v. Price
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 63, March T., 1908, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Sept. T., 1907, No. 351, for defendant on case stated in suit of Patrick Higgins, collector of school taxes for the School District of Lackawanna Township, v. Luther Price. Case stated to determine liability of real estate for a school tax'. Before Edwards, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 63, March T., 1908, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Sept. T., 1907, No. 351, for defendant on case stated in suit of Patrick Higgins, collector of school taxes for the School District of Lackawanna Township, v. Luther Price. Case stated to determine liability of real estate for a school tax'. Before Edwards, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was' in .entering judgment for defendant on the case stated.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
- It appears by the case stated that the territory in which the defendant’s house and lot are located, being then a part of the township of Lackawanna, “ was annexed to the city of Scranton by- decree of the court of quarter sessions, made and entered August 8, 1904,” and “became a part of said city of Scranton on the first Monday of January, 1905.” It appears further that in the same year the school.district of the city of Scranton, which comprehends the whole city, levied a tax for school purposes on the defendant’s real estate and that he duly paid the tax to the city…
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