Walker v. Edmonds
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 112, Oct. T., 1900, by defendants, from decree of C. P. Butler Co., Sept. T., 1897, No. 6, on bill in equity in case of Daniel Walker et al. v. Andrew Edmonds et al., directors of Parker TownsKip School District. Bill in equity for an injunction to restrain the collection of a school building tax.
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Appeal, No. 112, Oct. T., 1900, by defendants, from decree of C. P. Butler Co., Sept. T., 1897, No. 6, on bill in equity in case of Daniel Walker et al. v. Andrew Edmonds et al., directors of Parker TownsKip School District. Bill in equity for an injunction to restrain the collection of a school building tax. From the record it appeared that the complainant claimed, first, that the tax was illegal because it was not levied before July 1, 1897, and, second, that as there has been no levy of a regular annual tax, the building tax levied on July 22, 1897, was invalid. The only references to any…
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Opinion by
Mb. Justice Potter,
Certain citizens and taxpayers of the Parker township school district of Butler county, Pa., filed a bill in equity on August 16, 1897, alleging that a building tax of eight mi] Is purporting to have been levied on July 22, 1897, by the board of school directors of said district, was illegal, and praying for an injunction restraining its collection.
An injunction was granted and a decree was entered upon June 4, 1900, adjudging that the school directors of Parker township be perpetually restrained from collecting the eight mill building tax, purporting to be levied…
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