Parmentier, Trustees', Appeal
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Keller, P. J.,
This is an appeal by an institution of purely public charity from the order or decree of the court of common pleas dismissing its appeal from the Board of Revision of Taxes, which refused to grant it exemption from taxation for the year 1928 on itsi property 1242 South Broad Street, Philadelphia.
The court below found that the Canonesses of St. Augustine were engaged in purely public charitable work, such as to entitle their building to exemption from taxation if the whole of it had been devoted to such charitable work, but because part of the building was used by the…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Fire Insurance Patrol v. BoydSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
- Young Mens Christian Assoc. of Germantown v. Phila.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
- Donohugh v. Library Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1878
- Episcopal Academy v. Phila.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
- Gable v. Sisters of St. FrancisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
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- West Indies Mission AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
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