Legal Opinion
Stranahan v. County of Mercer
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 7, 1997No. 2871 C.D.1996PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NARICK, Senior Judge.
The issue before us in this appeal is whether the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer County (trial court) properly determined that a class action is not the proper means of securing individual tax refunds and that statutory refund procedures1 must be followed.
John and James Stranahan (the Strana-hans) appeal from the order of the trial court that sustained the preliminary objections of the County of Mercer (County) and dismissed the Stranahans’ complaint. We affirm. '
On May 2, 1996, the Stranahans filed a class action in equity on behalf of themselves and all other similarly…
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3Cited by11 opinions
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