Legal Opinion

Black v. Duquesne Borough School District

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 6, 1913No. Appeal, No. 7PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Appeal, No. 7, Oct. T., 1912, by-defendants, from decree of C. P. Allegheny Co., Oct. T., 1912, No. 500, on bill in equity in case of F. Norman Black v. School District, Duquesne Borough and M. Gf. Conlin. Bill in equity for an injunction, and to compel the delivery of tax duplicates.

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Appeal, No. 7, Oct. T., 1912, by-defendants, from decree of C. P. Allegheny Co., Oct. T., 1912, No. 500, on bill in equity in case of F. Norman Black v. School District, Duquesne Borough and M. Gf. Conlin. Bill in equity for an injunction, and to compel the delivery of tax duplicates. Shaper, J., and Carnahan, J., filed the following opinion: The bill is by a tax collector of a. borough against the. school board and one M. G. Conlin, to enjoin them from delivering the tax duplicate for the present year to Conlin, or any other person appointed by the board, and to require them to deliver it…

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Elkin,

No objection having been made to the jurisdiction, and the question of remedy not having been raised, the learned court below considered the case on its merits in order that a matter of public importance and pressing necessity should be speedily adjudicated. It being the evident intention of the parties to have the law settled, rather than to insist upon technical pleadings, we have concluded to accept this view of the record for the purpose of making a final disposition of the questions of law raised by this appeal. The decisive question involved in this…

2Cited by18 opinions

  1. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Davis v. BlumeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
  2. Bogdan v. School District of Coal TownshipSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
  3. Commonwealth v. Duquesne Borough School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
  4. Commonwealth v. WhiteSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
  5. Stone v. Schl. Dist. of CarbondaleSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1931

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