Haverford College v. Rhoads
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 73, Oct. T., 1897, by defendants, from decree of C. P. Delaware Co., June T., 1898,, No. 2, in equity, restraining the collection of road taxes assessed! and levied against the corporation plaintiff. Injunction to restrain the collection of $405 road taxes- assessed for the year 1892 on the college buildings and about fifty acres of ground.
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Appeal, No. 73, Oct. T., 1897, by defendants, from decree of C. P. Delaware Co., June T., 1898,, No. 2, in equity, restraining the collection of road taxes assessed! and levied against the corporation plaintiff. Injunction to restrain the collection of $405 road taxes- assessed for the year 1892 on the college buildings and about fifty acres of ground. Before Clayton, P. J. The bill claimed that the assessment was illegal “ because Haverford College, the plaintiff, is an institution of learning founded, endowed and maintained by private charity, within the act of assembly approved the 14th…
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Opinion by
Porter, J.,
This is an appeal by the township of Haverford from the decree of the court of common pleas of Delaware county, restraining the collection of road taxes, assessed and levied against the plaintiff corporation. The cause was referred to a master whose report the court below adopted without supplemental opinion. Little can be added by us to the report, which is comprehensive and well considered. Some of the findings of fact have been challenged, but an examination of the testimony has not served to convict the master of error.
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