Commonwealth v. Mellon National Bank & Trust Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Maxey,

The Commonwealth petitions this Court for a Writ of Prohibition enjoining the Dauphin County Court from enforcing, its subpoenas duces tecum directed to the Secretary of Revenue at the trial pending before it in which the Mellon National Bank and Trust Company, successor to the Mellon National Bank, appealed from the resettlement made in March 1940 of the tax on its shares by the Departments of Revenue and Auditor General. The subpoenas call for the production of the tax on shares reports as well as all other sustaining documents relating thereto of all trust…