Legal Opinion
Laureldale Cemetery Ass'n v. Matthews
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 10, 1946No. Appeal, 90PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Patterson,
Laureldale Cemetery Association appeals from an adverse decision in a proceeding instituted by a bill in equity to have its cemetery, located in Muhlenberg Township, Berks County, declared exempt from taxation in accordance with section 204 of The General County Assessment Law of May 22,1933, P. L. 853, which provides: «The following property shall be exempt from all county, city, borough, town, township, road, poor and school tax, to wit: . . . (b) All burial grounds and all mausoleums, vaults, crypts or structures intended to hold or contain the bodies of the…
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- In re National Foundation of Dramatic Arts, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1947