Jamison Coal & Coke Co. v. Unity Township School District

This is an appeal by the defendant, the School District of Unity Township, from a decree enjoining the township from collecting from the plaintiff "a tax of ten (10c) cents per net ton of 2,000 pounds on coal, levied and assessed by the terms of a Resolution of said School District, adopted May 27, 1948, upon coal mined and removed by the plaintiff from land in Unity Township . . ." The plaintiff is Jamison Coal and Coke Company, a Pennsylvania corporation, owner and lessee of coal lands engaged in mining its coal in Unity Township. The defendant township passed the taxing resolution under…