Commonwealth v. Lehigh Valley R. Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEALS BY PLAINTIPP AND DEPENDANT PROM THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS OP DAUPHIN COUNTY. Nos. 34, 44 May Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 260 June Term 1887, C. P. On January 21, 1887, upon report made, the auditor general and state treasurer settled and entered an account for taxes against the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, as follows: “For tax on scrip, bonds and certificates of indebtedness per section four of the act of June 30, 1885, for the year ending first Monday…
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APPEALS BY PLAINTIPP AND DEPENDANT PROM THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS OP DAUPHIN COUNTY. Nos. 34, 44 May Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 260 June Term 1887, C. P. On January 21, 1887, upon report made, the auditor general and state treasurer settled and entered an account for taxes against the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, as follows: “For tax on scrip, bonds and certificates of indebtedness per section four of the act of June 30, 1885, for the year ending first Monday of November, 1886, as per report herewith filed: Nominal value of scrip, bonds and certificates of indebtedness, owned by…
1Opinion of the Court
commonwealth’s appeal.
Opinion,
Me. Justice Clark :
This case, in the court below, was an appeal by the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company from an account settled by the auditor general, etc., on January 21,1887, for tax oh bonds, scrip, and certificates of indebtedness of the company, “ for the year ending first Monday of November, 1886,” under the fourth section of the act.of June 30,1885, P. L. 193.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company is a corporation of Pennsylvania, chartered by the acts of assembly of April 21, 1846, P. L. (1848) 575, and January 7, 1853, P. L. 1. In pursuance of authority…
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