Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 79, Oct. T., 1908, by the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, from order of C. P. Bucks Co., May T., 1907, No. 000, affirming assessment of land for taxation. Appeal from tax assessment. Before Stout, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was order sustaining the assessment.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
The appellant is a corporation organized to promote the education of Indian and negro children and to train teachers for that service. Its real estate in Bucks county consists of 124 acres with a convent, dormitory and other buildings adapted to the purposes of the organization. The land which is the subject of the assessment complained of is known as the Strickler farm, containing twenty-two acres, and was acquired several years *642after the organization of the institution. This farm is devoted to agricultural purposes: about ten acres to pasturage and the balance to…
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- Pittsburgh Bible Institute v. Board of Property AssessmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
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