Weber v. Reinhard
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh county: No. 71, to July Term 1871. This case was commenced March 5th 1870, before a justice of the peace, at the suit of James Reinhard and Benjamin Eisenhard, supervisors of Upper Saucon township, against Charles B. Weber, for the recovery of taxes imposed by the Act of April 14th 1868 (Pamph L. 1127). The act provides: “ That in addition to the taxes collectible under existing laws, the owner or owners of ore-beds, situated in…
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh county: No. 71, to July Term 1871. This case was commenced March 5th 1870, before a justice of the peace, at the suit of James Reinhard and Benjamin Eisenhard, supervisors of Upper Saucon township, against Charles B. Weber, for the recovery of taxes imposed by the Act of April 14th 1868 (Pamph L. 1127). The act provides: “ That in addition to the taxes collectible under existing laws, the owner or owners of ore-beds, situated in Upper Saucon township, Lehigh county, shall from and after the passage of this act, pay to the supervisors of the roads…
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*373The opinion of the court was delivered, March 24th 1873, by
Sharswood, J.
Hammett v. Philadelphia, 15 P. F. Smith 146, was twice argued, each time before a full bench, and was a well-considered case. The principle of it has since been reaffirmed in Washington Avenue, 19 P. F. Smith 352. It did not question the constitutional right of the legislature to confer upon muni-cipal corporations the power of taxing properties benefited by local improvements for the cost of making or maintaining them, but placed upon it the just and salutary restriction that it should be limited to the special benefits…
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