Legal Opinion

Park Tax Assessment Case

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 3, 1944No. Appeals, 222, 223 and 227PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Allen M. Steabne,

The three appeals are from an order of the Common Pleas Court of Allegheny County reducing the assessment for the purpose of taxation on an office building, named the Park Building, located at the northwest corner of Fifth Avenue and Smithfield Street, in Pittsburgh. The owner appeals because of insufficient reduction. The County of Allegheny and the City of Pittsburgh each appeal because of the reduction.

There is but a single question involved: does the evidence support the findings of the court below?

In an appeal from an assessment for taxation, the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Westbury Apartments, Inc., AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
  2. Kemble's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  3. Glen Alden Coal Co. v. CommissionersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
  4. Chatfield v. Board of Revision of TaxesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
  5. Metropolitan Edison Co.'s AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Buhl Foundation v. Board of Property Assessment, Appeals & ReviewSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  2. Carnegie v. Pittsburgh Board of Property Assessment, Appeals & ReviewSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
  3. McConomy Tax Assessment CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1944

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