Jones v. Pittsburgh

Opinion by

Ervin, J.,

Plaintiff brought' a suit in equity to restrain the City of Pittsburgh and James P. Kirk, Treasurer, from claiming and collecting mercantile taxes on gross commissions received by him in his Pittsburgh office, and also appealed from the deficiency claim of the School District of the City of Pittsburgh and James P. Kirk, Treasurer, for mercantile taxes computed on tlie same basis. Both actions were consolidated for trial in the lower court which enjoined the City from attempting to collect the assessment and sustained the appeal from the deficiency claim of the School…