Philadelphia v. Pennsylvania Hospital
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 262, Jan. T., 1892, by-plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1888, No. 272, on demurrer to plea. Scire facias sur municipal claim.
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Appeal, No. 262, Jan. T., 1892, by-plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1888, No. 272, on demurrer to plea. Scire facias sur municipal claim. Defendants filed a plea in which they averred: “That the premises mentioned in the lien of the said plaintiff is a portion of a larger enclosed piece of ground which is owned in fee by the said defendant, and is employed for the care and treatment of insane patients, and constitutes a department of the defendant’s work and duties, which is known as the ‘ Department for the Insane of the Pennsylvania Hospital.’ “ ‘ The hospital…
1Opinion of the Court
Pee Curiam,
This was a municipal claim for a water pipe filed against a portion of the premises of the West Philadelphia Branch of the Pennsylvania Hospital. This particular branch is devoted to the care of the insane.
While it was conceded that the buildings and grounds are exempt from taxation for the reason that defendant is a purely public charity, yet it was contended that within the portion of the grounds charged with this claim there is a large building reserved exclusively for the use of patients paying a higher rate than any others; that these payments much exceed the cost of…
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