Rector, &C., of Christ Church, Phila. v. Cty. of Phila.
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought’up from the Supreme Couvt of the. State of Pennsylvania by a writ of error issued under the 25th section of the Judiciary act. ■ The facts of. the case are stated in the opinion of the court, and also the decision of-the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, .which was alleged to be in conflict with the Constitution of the United States.
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This case was brought’up from the Supreme Couvt of the. State of Pennsylvania by a writ of error issued under the 25th section of the Judiciary act. ■ The facts of. the case are stated in the opinion of the court, and also the decision of-the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, .which was alleged to be in conflict with the Constitution of the United States. The first, point of the counsel for the plaintiffs in error, viz: that a Legislature had power to exempt property permanently from taxation, was not-contested by the other side; but the argument was,' whether the reason given for .exempting the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Campbell
This cause comes before this court upon a writ of error to the. Supreme Court of Pennsylvánia, under the 25th section of the act of Congress, of th"9'24th September, 1789.' In the year 1833 the Legislature of Pennsylvania passed an act which recited “ that Christ Church Hospital, in the city of Philadelphia, had for many years afforded an asylum to numerous poor and _distressed widowsj who would probably else have become a public charge; and it being represented that in consequence of the decay of the buildings of the hospital estate, and the increasing burden of taxes, its means are…
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