Ross v. Philadelphia

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

Reverend Francis J. Ross, a Roman Catholic Priest of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, and a resident of the city, has appealed from a decree of the court below sustaining preliminary exceptions to, and dismissing, his bill in equity by which he sought injunctive relief for himself, and all other persons similarly situated, against the enforcement of a portion of a certain regulation promulgated on November 12, 1940, under the alleged authority of Section 6 of an ordinance of the City of Philadelphia, approved December 13, 1939, and known as the “Income Tax Ordinance.”

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