Commonwealth v. New York, L. E. & W. R. Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY DEFENDANT FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF DAUPHIN COUNTY. No. 41 May Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 250 March Term 1889, C. P. On June 28, 1888, upon report made, the auditor general and state treasurer stated and entered a settlement of account for taxes against the New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad Conlpany as follows: “ For tax on scrip, bonds, and certificates of indebtedness, per § 4 of the act of June 30, 1885, for the year ending first Monday…
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APPEAL BY DEFENDANT FROM THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF DAUPHIN COUNTY. No. 41 May Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 250 March Term 1889, C. P. On June 28, 1888, upon report made, the auditor general and state treasurer stated and entered a settlement of account for taxes against the New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad Conlpany as follows: “ For tax on scrip, bonds, and certificates of indebtedness, per § 4 of the act of June 30, 1885, for the year ending first Monday of November, 1887, as per report herewith filed: Nominal value of scrip, bonds, and certificates of indebtedness, owned…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mb. Justice Clark:
This case came into the Common Pleas of Dauphin county *474upon an appeal from a settlement made by the auditor general, etc., for state taxes on corporate loans, under the fourth section of the act of June 30,1885, for the year 1887. It was tried by the court by agreement of the parties under the act of 1874. The learned judge of the court below found as matter of fact that $2,378,000 of the company’s bonds were owned and possessed by residents of Pennsylvania, of which $852,000 were held by individuals, and the residue by corporations. The principal questions raised on…
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