Legal Opinion

Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company's Appeal

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 8, 1939No. Appeals, 95-98PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by Me.

Justice Linn,

These appeals require the construction of part of the amendment of 1939 1 to the personal property tax Act of 1913. 2 The Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company, with its principal office in Philadelphia, is co-trustee with another, domiciled in Montgomery County, of trusts administered in Philadelphia where the assets are kept. It made a return in Philadelphia on which the tax collecting authorities made a demand for the 4 mill tax on the total value returned. It also made a return in Montgomery County where the taxing authorities demanded a tax in the proportion that…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. People Ex Rel. Beaman v. . FeitnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
  2. Phipps v. KirkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  3. Arrott v. Allegheny CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  4. Miller v. Northampton CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
  5. Griscom's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Co. v. HinesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  2. Mikell v. Philadelphia School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
  3. H. J. Heinz Co. v. School DistrictSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
  4. Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Co. v. HinesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
  5. Biddle AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957

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