Legal Opinion
Lyons v. City of Philadelphia Board of Revision of Taxes
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 15, 2003PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge COHN.
This is an appeal by Donald Lyons (Lyons) on behalf of Acres of Diamonds Community Development Corporation (Diamonds) from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County that conducted a de novo review and upheld the decision of the City of Philadelphia Board of Revision of Taxes (Board) to revoke the 92% real estate tax exempt status of Diamonds’ official headquarters at 328 West Pelham Road in the West Mount Airy section of the City of Philadelphia (City).
The trial court made the following pertinent factual findings. Lyons is the Reverend of Bible…
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