Legal Opinion

Ivy Hill Cemetery Company's Appeal

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 17, 1935No. Appeal, 305PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Parker, J.,

Real estate of the Ivy Hill Cemetery Company, the registered owner of a parcel of land in the city of Philadelphia, was assessed at $87,000 for city and county taxes for the year 1932. The board of revision of taxes reduced the valuation to $80,000, of which $10,000 was on account of ten acres which it is conceded was subject to taxation and $70,000 was on account of a mausoleum constructed as a private enterprise for the purpose of selling at a profit crypts with burial privileges therein. On appeal to the court of common pleas, the sole question raised was as to the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Pennsylvania Co. v. BergsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
  2. Philadelphia v. BarberSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
  3. American Sunday School Union v. City of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
  4. Commonwealth v. Sunbeam Water Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
  5. Academy of Fine Arts v. Philadelphia CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1854

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Tax Exemption of Sunset Memorial Gardens, Inc. v. Idaho State Tax CommissionIdaho Supreme Court · 1958
  2. Lutheran Home at Topton, Pa. Tax Ap.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  3. Crown Hill Cemetery Ass'n v. EvattOhio Supreme Court · 1944
  4. Laureldale Cemetery Ass'n v. Matthews, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Berks County1945
  5. Pittsburgh Joint Stock Yards Co. v. Board of Property Assessment, Appeals & ReviewSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945

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