Union Insurance v. City of Allegheny
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas No. 1 of Allegheny county: Of October Term 1882, No. 84. Tills was an action of assumpsit brought by the Union Insurance Company against the City of Allegheny to recover the amount of certain taxes which it had paid to the city under protest.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas No. 1 of Allegheny county: Of October Term 1882, No. 84. Tills was an action of assumpsit brought by the Union Insurance Company against the City of Allegheny to recover the amount of certain taxes which it had paid to the city under protest. By agreement the parties dispensed with trial by jury and submitted the case to the court under the Act of April 22d 1874. Stowe, P. J., before whom the case was tried, found the facts to be as follows : “From the evidence in this case it appears that Win. A. Logan was the owner of certain property in the City of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mercur
This suit was to recover money paid by the plaintiff under the following circumstances. One Logan owned certain lands, in the City of Allegheny, and in August 1874 executed a mortgage thereon to the plaintiff in the sum of $4,000. The latter obtained judgment, issued execution, sold the property at sheriff’s sale, bid it in for $50 and obtained a deed therefor in July 1877.
Municipal taxes had been assessed on the property for the years 1875 and 1876 which coidd not be collected for want of goods and chattels on which to levy. In March 1878 claims for these taxes were filed in the…
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