Legal Opinion

West View Borough Municipal Authority Appeal

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 18, 1955No. Appeals, Nos. 142 and 141PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

•Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Horace Stern,

' The question concerns the extent of the exemption from taxation of its real estate to which the appellant Municipal Authority is entitled.

The Municipal Authority of the Borough of West View, in Allegheny County was incorporated-under the *418former Municipal Authorities Act of June 28, 1935, P. L. 463, and now operates under its successor Act of May 2, 1945, P. L. 382. It was organized under an Ordinance of the Borough of West View of October 6, 1942. It acquired the property and assets of the Pittsburgh Suburban Water Service Company and is now serving…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Dornan v. Philadelphia Housing AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  2. Young Mens Christian Assoc. of Germantown v. Phila.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  3. Commonwealth State Emp. Ret. System v. Dau. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  4. McSorley v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
  5. Dougherty, Tr. v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934

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3Cited by39 opinions

  1. Price v. Philadelphia Parking AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
  2. Moon Township AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  3. Cabot v. Assessors of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1956
  4. Basehore v. Hampden Industrial Development AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
  5. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority v. Board of Revision of TaxesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003

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