Appeal of City of Wilkes-Barre
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
No. 419 January Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; Court below, No. 2. -February Term 1887, C. P. in equity. In this proceeding which was by bill in equity, William R. ^Gibbons, the plaintiff below, complained that he was a taxpayer of the city of Wilkes-Barre, and the defendant, the said ¿city, was incorporated a city by act of May 4, 1871, P. L. ¿539, and its supplement of April 2, 1872, P. L. 740, and was ¡authorized by the second section of said supplement “ to levy -and collect…
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No. 419 January Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; Court below, No. 2. -February Term 1887, C. P. in equity. In this proceeding which was by bill in equity, William R. ^Gibbons, the plaintiff below, complained that he was a taxpayer of the city of Wilkes-Barre, and the defendant, the said ¿city, was incorporated a city by act of May 4, 1871, P. L. ¿539, and its supplement of April 2, 1872, P. L. 740, and was ¡authorized by the second section of said supplement “ to levy -and collect annually for city purposes any tax not exceeding itwo per centum on the dollar of the valuation assessed,” and proceeded: 3.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Gordon :
The plaintiff’s bill, in this case, charges as follows: “ That the defendant is a municipal corporation, chartered by act of Assembly, approved May 4,1871, and the supplement of April 2,1872, and the council of said city is authorized by the second section of said supplement, to levy and collect annually, for city purposes, any tax not exceeding two per centum on the dollar of the value assessed. That the said council is about to levy and collect a tax of two per centum on the dollar of the assessed valuation for the ordinary purposes of conducting the city…
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