Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Carbon county: Of January term, 1886. Appeal by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, on behalf of Mauch Chunk township, from the order of the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Carbon county, ordering a mandamus to issue against the supervisors of said township to levy and collect a special tax of seven mills.
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Appeal from the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Carbon county: Of January term, 1886. Appeal by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, on behalf of Mauch Chunk township, from the order of the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Carbon county, ordering a mandamus to issue against the supervisors of said township to levy and collect a special tax of seven mills. The facts of the case as they appeared before the Court, Dreher P. J., are shown by the petition, answer and paper filed in the case as follows : November 30th, 1885, the following petition was filed: To the Honorable,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gordon
Under the 7th section of the Act of 1885 the supervisors of a township have power to levy an assessment, in addition to that authorized by the 25th section of the same act, and collect the same for the purpose of discharging any just debt due to a former supervisor. This assessment could, of course, be made on their own motion, but if they refused so to do they might be compelled to make the necessary levy by a writ of mandamus. The first section of the Act of -the 31st of March, 1864, has, however, given the courts of Quarter Sessions full and exclusive jurisdiction over this matter, in…
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