Legal Opinion

Alison's Estate

Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County

Decided August 11, 1939Published

1Opinion of the Court

Klein, J.,

Decedent, a resident of Philadelphia, died in 1936, possessed of certain bonds issued by two foreign corporations, which were doing business in Pennsylvania, but whose treasurers did not reside in this State. A claim was presented at the audit of the executors’ account by the County of Philadelphia for personal property tax assessed under the provisions *157of the Act of June 17,1913, P. L. 507, and its supplements. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania also presented a claim for personal property tax on the bonds by virtue of the Personal Property Tax Act of June 22,1935, P. L. 414, as…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. New Jersey v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  2. New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  3. Commonwealth v. Lehigh Valley RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1883
  4. Commonwealth v. Barrett Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
  5. Commonwealth v. Lehigh Valley RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898

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