Legal Opinion
Appeal of Morrisville Cemetery Ass'n
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Bucks County
Decided October 4, 1976No. 74-9436-08-6PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
WALSH, J.,
The MorrisviUe Cemetery Association has appealed to this court from an order of the Bucks County Board of Assessment Appeals, refusing exemption of a parcel of land used for the residence of the cemetery superintendent.
The applicable statute provides1:
“(a) The following property shall be exempt from all county, city, borough, town, township, road, poor and school tax, to wit:
“(1)• • •
“(2) All actual places of burial, including burial grounds and all mausoleums, vaults, crypts or structures intended to hold or contain the bodies of the dead, when used or held by a person or…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Four Freedoms House of Philadelphia, Inc. v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Robert Morris College v. Board of Property AssessmentCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
3Cited by1 opinion
- In re Appeal of Catasauqua Area School DistrictCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1978