Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Edison Co.'s Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 13, 1932No. Appeal, 6PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op
Mr. Justice Simpson,
The tax assessor of the City of Reading having fixed the valuation of appellant’s property, it appealed to the Board of Revision and Appeal of the city, which sustained the assessor. It then appealed to the court of common pleas of the county, which sustained the board. The present appeal was then taken. It must be dismissed.
At the trial, the assessor testified that he assessed the property at what “in my judgment it would bring at a fair public sale.” This is exactly what article XV, section 4 of the Act of June 17, 1913, P. L. 568, 615, required him to do, and…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co. v. Northumberland County CommissionersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1911
- McSorley v. Avalon Borough School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
- Appeal of Pennsylvania Co. for Insurances on Lives & Granting AnnuitiesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
- Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.'s AssessmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
- Lehigh Valley Coal Co. v. Northumberland Co. CommissionersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1915
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Buhl Foundation v. Board of Property Assessment, Appeals & ReviewSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
- Hammermill Paper Co. v. ErieSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
- Park Drive Manor, Inc. Tax Assessment CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
- Union Nat. Bk. of Ptgh. v. CrumpSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
- Algon Realty Company Tax Assessment AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
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