Legal Opinion
Philadelphia Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 4, 1956No. Appeals, 258 and 259PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Horace Stern,
The same question that presented itself and was decided in the case of City Stores Company v. Philadelphia, 376 Pa. 482, 103 A. 2d 664, concerning the proper construction of an ordinance of the City of Philadelphia of September 7, 1937, now arises with respect to the interpretation of an ordinance of the City of December 9, 1952, which replaced the 1937 ordinance. More specifically, the question, as stated by the City, is whether the Philadelphia Realty Transfer Tax Ordinance of December 9, 1952, imposes a tax upon the privilege of transferring real…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Leahey v. FarrellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
- Sablosky v. MessnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
- State Highway Route No. 72Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1919
- City Stores Co. v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- Titusville Iron Works v. Keystone Oil Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
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3Cited by21 opinions
- County of Allegheny v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Wiley v. WoodsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
- Commonwealth v. BaroneSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- L. J. W. Realty Corp. v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
- Gilberti v. City of PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
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