T. W. Phillips Gas & Oil Co. v. Butler County
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 6, April T., 1912, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Butler Co., June T., 1910, No. 61, on verdict for plaintiff on appeal from tax assessment in case of T. W. Phillips Gas & Oil Company v. Butler County. Appeal from tax assessment. Before Galbreath, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court, Error assigned was in sustaining appeal from tax settlement. cited: Penna.
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Appeal, No. 6, April T., 1912, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Butler Co., June T., 1910, No. 61, on verdict for plaintiff on appeal from tax assessment in case of T. W. Phillips Gas & Oil Company v. Butler County. Appeal from tax assessment. Before Galbreath, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court, Error assigned was in sustaining appeal from tax settlement. cited: Penna. C. & R. Co. v. Yan Dyke, 137 Pa. 249; Pittsburg v. Consolidated Gas Co., 34 Pa. Superior Ct. 234. cited: Conoy Twp. v. York Haven Electric Power Plant Co., 222 Pa. 319; St. Mary’s Gas Co. v.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
The plaintiff is a corporation organized for the purpose of producing, dealing in, transporting, storing and supplying natural gas for public consumption, and has its principal offices in a two-story brick building located in the borough of Butler, in which building all of the clerical work connected with the gas business is carried on, and in addition thereto, there is certain clerical work conducted by the company of its business in the production and sale of oil. The building and lot of ground on which it is situated was assessed for the purpose of local taxation at a…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Malone v. Lancaster Gas Light & Fuel Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
- West Chester Gas Co. v. County of ChesterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1858
- Conoy Township Supervisors v. York Haven Electric Power Plant Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
- Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad v. County of VenangoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
- Western New York & Pennsylvania Railway Co. v. County of VenangoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
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