City of Philadelphia v. Percival

OPINION

O’BRIEN, Justice.

This appeal arises from an order of the Commonwealth Court, which affirmed orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, declaring that writs of capias ad respondendum should issue for appellants and bail be set for nonpayment of the Philadelphia wage tax. We granted allocatur. The facts surrounding this appeal are as follows.

On September 7, 1972, appellee, City of Philadelphia, filed with the Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, a praecipe for a writ of capias ad respondendum and a petition for a rule to show cause why a writ of capias ad…