Jermyn v. Fowler
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 478, Jan. T., 1898, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Lackawanna Co., May T., 1897, No. 5, on bill of equity. Demurrer to bill in equity for an injunction to restrain the collection of taxes.
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Appeal, No. 478, Jan. T., 1898, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Lackawanna Co., May T., 1897, No. 5, on bill of equity. Demurrer to bill in equity for an injunction to restrain the collection of taxes. Archbald, P. J., entered the following decree: And now, August 19, 1897, this case coming on to be heard upon demurrer to the plaintiff’s bill of complaint, upon due consideration thereof it is adjudged that the said demurrer be overruled and the bill sustained, and that judgment be given thereon in favor of tbe plaintiff; and the court do thereupon further order, adjudge and decree that the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Green,
The plaintiff, being an owner of real estate in the city of Scranton, complains that the assessed valuation of his property has been changed and increased in a year between two periods of triennial assessment. The defendants reply that the change was made by the board of city assessors in obedience to a precept of the board of revision of taxes and appeals. The plaintiff in his bill alleges that the year 1895 was the last preceding triennial assessment year, and that under that assessment his property was assessed at 111,000, and in the year 1897 the city board of…
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