Legal Opinion

Elizabeth Steel Magee Hospital Tax Assessment Case

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 25, 1937No. Appeal, 18PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

This is an appeal from a real estate assessment in the City of Pittsburgh. The property is an eight story office building. The Board of Revision fixed the assessment at $410,250. On appeal to the Common Pleas, after hearing, the court reduced the figure to $345,250, a reduction of $65,000. From this reduced figure the property owner appeals to us, the principal ground of complaint being that the valuation as finally made was not the price the property would bring at public sale after due notice.

Our review of the record and of the two opinions of the court convinces us that the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Westbury Apartments, Inc., AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
  2. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co. v. CommissionersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
  3. American Academy of Music AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Park's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  2. Reading Trust Co. Tax Assessment CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1940

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