Wilkinsburg Bor. v. Home for Aged Women
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY DEPENDANT PROM THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS NO. 2 OP ALLEGHENY COUNTY. No. 164 October Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 400 July Term 1889, C. P. No. 2. On June 11, 1889, an amicable action of scire facias upon a municipal claim filed to No. 556 January Term 1889, by the borough of Wilkinsburg, plaintiff, against the Home for Aged Protestant Women, defendant, was entered in the court below, in pursuance of an agreement filed stating the following case for the…
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APPEAL BY DEPENDANT PROM THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS NO. 2 OP ALLEGHENY COUNTY. No. 164 October Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 400 July Term 1889, C. P. No. 2. On June 11, 1889, an amicable action of scire facias upon a municipal claim filed to No. 556 January Term 1889, by the borough of Wilkinsburg, plaintiff, against the Home for Aged Protestant Women, defendant, was entered in the court below, in pursuance of an agreement filed stating the following case for the opinion of the court: The borough of Wilkinsburg was incorporated on the-day of October, 1887, under the general borough…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Chief Justice Paxson :
The fourth section of the charter of the defendant says: “All the estates and properties of the corporation hereby created, shall be free from taxation : ” Act 25th March, 1871, P. L. 452.
It appears from the case stated that the defendant owns certain real estate in the borough of Wilkinsburg; that the foot-walk adjoining said land on Coal street was in such a state of decay as to be dangerous; that the borough council, by resolution, directed the defendant to lay a new footwalk in front of its said property in accordance with the ordinances and general…
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