Young Mens Christian Assoc. of Germantown v. Phila.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Maxey,

The appellant, the Young Men’s Christian Association of Germantown, seeks to have its real property, consisting of the building in which its organized activities are carried on, declared wholly exempt from real estate taxes, on the ground that it is a public charity and entitled to such exemption under the Act of July 17, 1919, P. L. 1021, as last amended by the Act of April 30, 1925, P. L. 388, subsequently repealed and superseded by The General County Assessment Law of May 22, 1933, P. L. 853. The Board of Revision of Taxes of the County of Philadelphia declined…