Legal Opinion

Ryan Township School District Amusement Tax

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Schuylkill County

Decided September 7, 1955No. misc. no. 8PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Dalton, J.,

This is an appeal from a tax resolution adopted by a school district of the fourth class on March 17, 1955, under the purported authority of the Act of June 25, 1947, P. L. 1145, as amended, 53 PS §2015.1 et seq., commonly known as the “Tax Anything” Act.

The only question which requires discussion is whether the tax resolution is invalid on the ground that it was adopted at a time not authorized by law.

The Public School Code of March 10,1949, P. L. 30, sec. 672, as amended, 24 PS §6-672, requires that all school taxes levied by school districts of the third and fourth classes shall…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Allentown School District Mercantile Tax CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
  2. Commonwealth v. GriestSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
  3. Watson v. WitkinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  4. East Lake Road and Payne Ave.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
  5. Commonwealth v. HillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Crosson v. Downingtown Area School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
  2. CROSSON v. DOWNINGTOWN ASDSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970

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