Johnstown Telephone Co. v. Ferndale Borough
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 103, April T., 1911, by the plaintiff from decree of C. P. Cambria Co., Sept. Term, 1910, No. 376, dismissing petition under Act of April 17, 1905, P. L. 183, in case of Johnstown Telephone Co. v. Ferndale Borough. Petition under the Act of April 17, 1905, P. L. 183, to have determined the reasonableness of a license tax. Before O’Connor, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was in discharging the petition.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
The appellee contends that this appeal is not properly here and should be dismissed. The grounds of this contention appear to be that the equity rules relating to trials in equity have not been observed. This makes it. important to give a somewhat extended recital of the proceedings brought up for review. They were instituted by petition, of the plaintiff, under the Act of April 17, *4641905, P. L. 183, providing for the determination of disputes as to the reasonableness of the amount of license fees between municipal corporations and telegraph, telephone, or light or…
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