Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Girard Trust Co.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 26, 1937No. Appeal, 9PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Stern,

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County fixing the settlement of the tax on shares of capital stock of defendant, a trust company, for the year 1929. The questions involved are identical with those in Commonwealth v. Schuylkill Trust Company, 327 Pa. 127. The application of the proper legal principles to the present case resulted in a finding that defendant had overpaid the amount of tax due; therefore the court below entered judgment in its favor, from which the Commonwealth, raising the same contentions as in the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Commonwealth v. Schuylkill Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937

3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Sprague v. CaseySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  2. Allentown School District Mercantile Tax CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
  3. Watson v. Pennsylvania Turnpike CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  4. Berardocco v. ColdenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  5. Bowers v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961

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