City of Philadelphia v. Ridge Avenue Passenger Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas No. 3, of Philadelphia county : Of July Term 1882, No. 210. This was an action of debt, by the city of Philadelphia against the Ridge Avenue Passenger Railway Company, to recover tax upon dividends, imposed by the Act of March 8th 1872, § 3, P. L. 264. The cause was, by .agreement, referred to a Referee (C. Stuart Patterson, Esq.) under the provisions of the Act of June 16th 1836, and its supplements, either party to have the right to file…
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas No. 3, of Philadelphia county : Of July Term 1882, No. 210. This was an action of debt, by the city of Philadelphia against the Ridge Avenue Passenger Railway Company, to recover tax upon dividends, imposed by the Act of March 8th 1872, § 3, P. L. 264. The cause was, by .agreement, referred to a Referee (C. Stuart Patterson, Esq.) under the provisions of the Act of June 16th 1836, and its supplements, either party to have the right to file exceptions, and take a writ of error. The facts of the case, and the Acts of Assembly in question, are fully recited in-…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
This is an action of debt, brought by the city of Philadelphia against the Ridge Avenue Passenger Railway Co., to recover unpaid taxes, claimed to be due and owing the city under the Act of Assembly of March 8th 1872, entitled, “ An Act relating to the Ridge Avenue Passenger Railway Co.”
The defendant company was formed in the year 1872, under the general laws of the Commonwealth, by the consolidation of of the Girard' College Passenger Railway<.Co., and the Ridge Avenue and Manayunk Railway Co.; the former was incorporated by the Act of 15th April 1858, Pamph. Laws 301, and the latter by the…
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