Fitzpatrick v. Thomas

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Simpson,

On a bill in equity filed by taxpayers of the City of Sharon, a city of the third class in this Commonwealth, the court below, by its final decree, enjoined the municipal authorities from assessing the taxes for 1933 at the rate fixed in a duly enacted ordinance, solely because, in estimating the gross amount of revenue which would be received under that assessment, allowance was made for such a proportion of the taxes assessed as long experience had shown would probably not be collected during the ensuing fiscal year, wherein the money collected was to be…