Nesley v. Rockwood Spring Water Co.

CAVANAUGH, Judge:

In this action, the surviving lessor, Mrs. Stella Nesley, filed a suit in assumpsit against the lessee, the Rockwood Spring Water Company, Inc., to recover $3,194.00 in taxes paid by the lessor from 1969-1975. These taxes resulted from an increase in the assessment of the Nesley property due to the company’s construction of various improvements on the property. The case proceeded to compulsory arbitration and the arbitrators awarded appellee $3,194.00. The lessee appealed this judgment to the Court of Common Pleas. The trial court, sitting without a jury found in favor of the…