Hughes v. Kline
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal in Equity from the Common Pleas of Schuylkill county. This was a bill in equity by Francis W. Hughes against Jacob Kline, Andrew H. Wilson, and Paul Lengel, county commissioners, and Samuel K. M. Kepner, treasurer of the county of Schuylkill, to restrain the sale of certain lands of the complainant for unpaid taxes for the years 1850, 1851, and 1852. The bill set forth that the complainant was the part owner of four tracts of land in Schuylkill county, known as “ The…
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Appeal in Equity from the Common Pleas of Schuylkill county. This was a bill in equity by Francis W. Hughes against Jacob Kline, Andrew H. Wilson, and Paul Lengel, county commissioners, and Samuel K. M. Kepner, treasurer of the county of Schuylkill, to restrain the sale of certain lands of the complainant for unpaid taxes for the years 1850, 1851, and 1852. The bill set forth that the complainant was the part owner of four tracts of land in Schuylkill county, known as “ The Valley Furnace lands,” which he purchased from Joseph S. Silver, on the 7th March 1853, for $48,750. That the said lands…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Thompson, J.,
who, after stating the facts of the case, proceeded as follows:—
It seemed necessary to the proper understanding of the case to give this brief outline of the bill and answer, and from it, it readily appears that the main question before us now, arises not on the merits of the acts of the assessing officers — a subject with which we have nothing to do; but whether the injunction granted in the case ought to be sustained or reversed, and the bill dismissed on other grounds.
The first inquiry will be, how far the proceedings on the appeal from…
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