Erie v. Paskett
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 114, April T., 1900, by plaintiff, in suit of City of Erie against Thomas Paskett, from judgment of C. P. Erie Co., May T., 1899, No. 207, in favor of defendant on case stated. Opinion by Rice, P. J. Case stated. Before Lindsey, P. J., of the 37th judicial district, specially presiding.
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Appeal, No. 114, April T., 1900, by plaintiff, in suit of City of Erie against Thomas Paskett, from judgment of C. P. Erie Co., May T., 1899, No. 207, in favor of defendant on case stated. Opinion by Rice, P. J. Case stated. Before Lindsey, P. J., of the 37th judicial district, specially presiding. It appears from the case stated that the question for determination was as to whether defendant was entitled to certain rebate of taxes amounting to $18.84 for year, 1897 and $13.47 for the year 1898, as against the cost of street pavement, by virtue of the provisions of the ordinance of April…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
The manifest distinction between this case and Erie v. Carey, 12 Pa. Superior Ct. 584, is that in the latter case the so-called repealing ordinance and the paving ordinance then under consideration were, in effect, parts of a single ordinance, whilst in the present case the city seeks to give to the repealing ordinance the retroactive effect of depriving property owners of the right to abatement which the paving ordinance, adopted some months before the adoption of the repealing ordinance, gave them. But in Erie v. Griswold, 5 Pa. Superior Ct. 132; 184 Pa. 435, it was…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- City of Erie v. GriswoldSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
- City of Erie v. GriswoldSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
- City of Erie v. CareySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
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