Legal Opinion
Allentown's Appeals
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 10, 1941No. Appeals, 120, 121, 140, 141 and 284PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Hirt, J.,
The appeal to No. 120 October Term, 1941, was taken by the City of Allentown from the valuation of appellee’s land for tax purposes as determined by the lower court. The premises at No. 520 Hamilton Street in Allentown was assessed, for the triennium beginning with 1940, at $60,000; it was reduced by the Board of Tax Revision and Appeals to $58,000. On appeal, the common pleas found that $52,500 was the actual value of the land and on a further finding from the evidence that the assessed values of other properties was less than 80% of the prices for which they were actually…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Cumberland Coal Co. v. Board of Revision of Tax Assessments in Greene Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Suermann v. Hadley, Treas. (White)Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
- Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad's Tax AssessmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
- Appeal of Pennsylvania Co. for Insurances on Lives & Granting AnnuitiesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
- Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.'s AssessmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Sablosky v. MessnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
- Traylor v. AllentownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- Matsons AppealSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
- McConomy Tax Assessment CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
- Phinney v. Board of Revision of Taxes & AppealsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
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