Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Weiland Packing Co.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 3, 1928No. Appeal, 122PublishedCited by 53 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Frazer,

Defendant company, a Pennsylvania corporation, whose place of business is in the Borough of Phoenix-ville, is engaged in “manufacturing, packing and selling beef and pork products” at wholesale, and its contention here is that the disputed articles enumerated in the case stated as follows: (1) sweet pickled meat, i. e. pickled and dry salt pork; (2) smoked skin hams, smoked regular hams, smoked butts, smoked picnics, smoked rib bacon, smoked boneless bacon and smoked dry cured bacon; and (3) hides and skins, are exempt from assessment for mercantile license tax,…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Hartranft v. WiegmannSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  2. Norris Bros. v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1856
  3. People Ex Rel. New England Dressed Meat & Wool Co. v. RobertsNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
  4. City of Lexington v. Lexington Leader Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1921
  5. Commonwealth v. Welsh Mountain Mining & Kaolin Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1919

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3Cited by53 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. Deitch Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  2. Armour and Co. v. PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
  3. Rieck-McJunkin Dairy Co. v. Pittsburgh School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
  4. Golden Triangle Broadcasting, Inc. v. City of PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  5. Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation v. Assessors of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947

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