Legal Opinion

In re Appeal of Catasauqua Area School District

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 30, 1978No. Appeal, No. 1648 C.D. 1976Published

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

This appeal is taken by Woodlawn Memorial Park Association (Woodlawn), a nonprofit cemetery association, from a determination that a 20.322-acre parcel of land owned by Woodlawn is not entitled to a property tax exemption under Section 204(a)(2) of The General County Assessment Law (Act), Act of May 22, 1933, P.L. 853, as amended, 72 P.S. §5020-204 (a)(2).

*373Woodlawn applied for and was granted a tax exemption by the Lehigh County Board of Assessment Appeals (Board). The Catasauqua Area School District (Catasauqua) appealed the Board’s decision to the Court of Common Pleas…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Mullen v. Commissioners of Erie CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1877
  2. Robert Morris College v. Board of Property AssessmentCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  3. Laureldale Cemetery Ass'n v. MatthewsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
  4. Appeal of Morrisville Cemetery Ass'n, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Bucks County1976
  5. Green Mount Cemetery Co.'s Appeal, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Greene County1925

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