Western New York & Pennsylvania Railway Co. v. County of Venango
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 118, May T., 1897, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Venango Co., Nov T., 1895, No. 4, dismissing bill in equity. Bill in equity to restrain defendants from collecting county and poor taxes for the year 1895, and perpetually thereafter, assessed on the plaintiff’s property in Oil City. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. The court below dismissed the bill and plaintiff appealed.
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Appeal, No. 118, May T., 1897, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Venango Co., Nov T., 1895, No. 4, dismissing bill in equity. Bill in equity to restrain defendants from collecting county and poor taxes for the year 1895, and perpetually thereafter, assessed on the plaintiff’s property in Oil City. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. The court below dismissed the bill and plaintiff appealed. Errors assigned among others were (3) In finding as a question of law, that the plaintiff was liable for the taxes assessed. (5) In dismissing plaintiff’s bill.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
The appellant corporation is the owner of a tract of land adjoining its main tracks in Oil City, Venango county, Pa., and it has erected thereon a number of structures connected with the operation of the railroad. In 1895 the county commissioners of Venango county and the proper assessors divided the property of plaintiff for the purpose of taxation, from which act no appeal was taken, and caused an assessment to be made thereon, as provided by law, and levied taxes against these pieces or tracts of land marked and designated as lots 347, 348 and 198 B.
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