Pennsylvania Stave Co.'s Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 196, Jan. T., 1908, by The Pennsylvania Stave Company, from order of C. P. Bradford Co., Sept. T., 1907, No. 97, setting aside judgment In re Appeal of the Pennsylvania Stave Company from assessment of its property in Barclay Township. Appeal from tax assessment. Before Fanning, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Error assigned was order setting aside the judgment.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Stewaet,
The appeal of the Pennsylvania Stave Company from the decision of the county commissioners acting as a board of revision, in the matter of the assessment of the company’s property for taxation to the court of common pleas, was unquestionably an adverse proceeding; and the order of the court therein in the nature of a final judgment, though reached through agreement of the parties, was in its character adversary, quite as much as would be a judgment on a verdict. With respect to their conclusiveness such judgments differ essentially from judgments entered by…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- King v. BrooksSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1873
- Fisher v. Hestonville, Mantua & Fairmount Passenger Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
- Norris v. CroweSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1903
- Stephens v. CowanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1837
- Castle v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1840
3Cited by28 opinions
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- Dellacasse v. Floyd Exrs.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
- A. J. Aberman, Inc. v. New KensingtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- Fourtees Co. v. Sterling Equipment Corp.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Bollinger v. RandallSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
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