Dupuy v. Johns
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 185, Oct. T., 1917, by defendants, from decree of C. P. Allegheny Co., July T., 1917, No. 101, awarding injunction in case of Herbert Dupuy v. David B. Johns, Simon A. Merkle and John C. Kaiser, constituting the Board for the Assessment and Revision of Taxes in the County of Allegheny; E. D. Friebertshauser, Treasurer of said County of Allegheny, and Frank J. Harris, A. C. Gumbert and Gilbert Myer, Commissioners of Allegheny County.
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Appeal, No. 185, Oct. T., 1917, by defendants, from decree of C. P. Allegheny Co., July T., 1917, No. 101, awarding injunction in case of Herbert Dupuy v. David B. Johns, Simon A. Merkle and John C. Kaiser, constituting the Board for the Assessment and Revision of Taxes in the County of Allegheny; E. D. Friebertshauser, Treasurer of said County of Allegheny, and Frank J. Harris, A. C. Gumbert and Gilbert Myer, Commissioners of Allegheny County. Bill in equity for an injunction. Before Brown, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. • The court on hearing on bill and answer…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschzisker,
This is an appeal from a decree of the common pleas striking off an assessment and restraining the collection of a personal property tax.
The plaintiff is a- resident of Pittsburgh; in his return for the year 1916 he failed to include certain shares of the-preferred stock of the Crucible Steel Company of America, then owned by him. The concern in question is a New Jersey corporation, engaged in making steel and products thereof, the value of its total capital stock being approximately $75,000,000; of this amount, $14,000,000 is employed in Pennsylvania, and…
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