Legal Opinion

O'Merle v. Monroe County Board of Assessment Appeals

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 13, 1986No. Appeal, 3214 C.D. 1984PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge Colins,

Carl A. 0’Merle and Mary Jane 0’Merle (appellants) appeal an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County dismissing their statutory appeal from a 1983 reassessment of their house by the Monroe County Board of Assessments. Appellants argue first that the Board’s reassessment was not authorized by the Fourth to1 Eighth Class County Assessment Law (Assessment Law), 1 and second that the selective reassessment of their home violates the uniformity requirement of the Pennsylvania Constitution. 2 Because appellants’ first argument is correct, the constitutional issue…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Deitch Co. v. Board of Property AssessmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
  2. Park Drive Manor, Inc. Tax Assessment CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
  3. Appeal of Chartiers Valley School DistrictCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  4. Callas v. Armstrong County Board of AssessmentCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  5. Carino v. Board of CommissionersCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1983

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Vees v. Carbon County Board of Assessment AppealsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  2. Althouse v. County of MonroeCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  3. In Re Appeal of YoungCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  4. J.B. Blanda and S.R. Blanda v. Somerset County Board of Assessment Appeals v. Somerset County, Jefferson Twp., and Somerset Area SDCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  5. Consol Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Board of Assessment AppealsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1992

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