People Ex Rel. Birch v. Pennsylvania Railroad

Appellant seeks review of the judgment of the county court of Cumberland county overruling its objections to school taxes levied in school district No. 68 of that county for the year 1938. The facts are not in dispute.

School district No. 68 was organized under the general School law. In 1938, it levied for educational purposes a rate of $1.50 per $100 assessed valuation and for building purposes fifty cents for each $100 assessed valuation, making a total for all school purposes of $2. Appellant’s objections are that the statutory limit of rate for educational purposes in 1938 was $i,.and for…