Firemen's Relief Ass'n v. Scranton
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 279, Jan. T., 1906, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Lackawanna Co., May Term, 1905, No. 778, for plaintiff on demurrer to statement in case of Firemen’s Relief Association v. City of Scranton. Assumpsit to recover moneys alleged to be due under an ordinance. Newcomb, J., found the facts to be as follows: This action is assumpsit.
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Appeal, No. 279, Jan. T., 1906, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Lackawanna Co., May Term, 1905, No. 778, for plaintiff on demurrer to statement in case of Firemen’s Relief Association v. City of Scranton. Assumpsit to recover moneys alleged to be due under an ordinance. Newcomb, J., found the facts to be as follows: This action is assumpsit. The defendant has demurred to a statement disclosing the following facts: 1. By the Act of June 28, 1895, P. L. 408, a tax was imposed upon the business done in this state by foreign fire insurance companies, of which one-half the net amoun t was…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
This is an appeal from a judgment entered in favor of plaintiff upon a demurrer filed by defendant to the statement of claim. When the ordinance involved in the present case was under consideration by this court in Com. v. Barker, 211 Pa. 610, we held that it was a valid and sufficient appropriation of the fund in question, for the current year of its passage. Beyond that it was not then necessary to go. But now we 'are called upon to decide whether or not it may be- regarded as a valid appropriation for future years. We can see no sound reason for exempting this…
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- Fox v. Mohawk & Hudson River Humane SocietyNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Commonwealth v. BarkerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
- Philadelphia Ass'n for the Relief of Disabled Firemen v. WoodSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1861
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