Legal Opinion

Lehigh Navigation Coal Co.'s Appeal

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 14, 1937No. Appeal, 69PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Barnes,

This is an appeal by the Lehigh Navigation Coal Company from the assessment of its coal bearing land in Mauch Chunk Township, Carbon County, at the triennial assessment of 1934. Appellant’s property, including all improvements thereon, was originally returned by the assessor at a value of $2,804,224. This figure was revised by the County Commissioners, acting as a Board of Revision, to $3,771,155. Upon appeal to the Court of Common Pleas, the court reduced the assessment to $2,-584,473 made up as follows:

1,930.13 acres Coal Bearing Land, together with

improvements,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.'s AssessmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
  2. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co. v. CommissionersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
  3. Edmonds's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
  4. Commonwealth v. RomezzoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
  5. Glen Alden Coal Company CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Hammermill Paper Co. v. ErieSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
  2. Glen Alden Coal Co. v. CommissionersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
  3. Algon Realty Company Tax Assessment AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  4. Susquehanna Collieries Company's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  5. Mathies Coal Co. AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969

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