Bloom v. City of Scranton

The facts appear from the adjudication of

Hoban, P. J.,

These are taxpayers’ bills seeking to enjoin the collection of taxes levied by the City of Scranton by ordinance, file of the council no. 4, 1948. This ordinance purports to levy what is generally known as a city earnings tax upon various classes of taxpayers and- imposes duties on taxpayers to file returns and upon employers to withhold taxes from employes’ wages and salaries. Plaintiffs and intervening plaintiffs, together with the Scranton Lace Company, one of the defendants in no. 13, April term, 1948, represent all of the types of…