Legal Opinion

Union Trust Company of Pittsburgh's Account

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 24, 1937No. Appeal, 68PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Schaefer,

The question here involved is whether the securities, given by Henry C. Frick in his will to Princeton University, and now in the hands of the Union Trust Company of Pittsburgh, are liable to the four mills tax, payable to Allegheny County, because Princeton University turned them over to the Trust Company for control and management, under a trust agreement; the income therefrom being payable to the University and, of course, ultimately the corpus going back to it. The orphans’ court determined the tax not payable and the County of Allegheny appeals.

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2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Buhl's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  2. Spangler's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  3. Bell v. BellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
  4. General Assembly v. GratzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1891
  5. Mattern v. CanevinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1906

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Board of Christian Education v. Philadelphia School DistrictSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
  2. Commonwealth v. First National Bank, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Dauphin County1942
  3. Laureldale Cemetery Ass'n v. Matthews, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Berks County1945

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