Shenango Furnace Co. v. Fairfield Township
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 118, Oct. T., 1910, by defendants, from decree of C. P. Westmoreland Co., No. 633 Equity, on bill in equity in case of Shenango Furnace Company v. The Township of Fairfield and C. A. Hamill, collector of taxes. Bill in equity for an injunction, an accounting and for a refunding of taxes alleged to have been paid by mistake.
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Appeal, No. 118, Oct. T., 1910, by defendants, from decree of C. P. Westmoreland Co., No. 633 Equity, on bill in equity in case of Shenango Furnace Company v. The Township of Fairfield and C. A. Hamill, collector of taxes. Bill in equity for an injunction, an accounting and for a refunding of taxes alleged to have been paid by mistake. Before Doty, P. J. The case was referred to M. N. McGeary, Esq., as referee whose findings of fact and of law were as follows: FINDINGS OF FACT. 1. That the Shenango Furnace Company, plaintiff, is a corporation of the state of Pennsylvania, and is engaged in…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestbezat,
This is a bill filed by the plaintiff company (a) to restrain the defendants from collecting a balance of road taxes alleged to be due for the year 1907, (b) for an accounting to ascertain the amount paid by the plaintiff inadvertently and by mistake on account of such taxes in excess of the amount legally due, and (c) for a decree that defendants pay to plaintiff the amount of such excess.
The defendant township is of the second class and the *364plaintiff company owns coal lands in the township, the adjusted valuation of which for 1906 was $19,400. Prior to March,…
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