Chew v. Philadelphia
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 261, Oct. T., 1906, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1904, No. 3,468, allowing an appeal from a tax assessment in case of Samuel Chew and Mary J. B. Chew v. City of Philadelphia. Petition for an appeal from tax assessment. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was the order quoted in the opinion of the Superior Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beaver, J.,
The appellee moves to quash the appeal in this case, for the reason that it is taken from an interlocutory and not a final decree.
The appellants presented a petition to the court below, setting forth a description of the properties, together with the assessed and actual valuation thereof, and concluding: “Your petitioners, therefore, appeal from the valuations and assessments made by the said assessors and board of revision of taxes; and pray your honorable court to cause a jury of five or seven *67men to be drawn in the manner and for the purposes set forth and provided in…
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- Appeal of SnodgrassSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1880
- Second StreetSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
- Eckfeldt's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1850
- National Transit Co. v. United States Pipe Line Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
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