Philadelphia & Reading Railroad v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, of Dauphin county: Of May Term 1883, No. 25. Debt, by tbe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, against the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company, upon an account alleged to have been adjusted and settled against the said company by the Auditor-General of the Commonwealth, and to have been approved by the State Treasurer, for tax on gross receipts duo, under the Act of June 7th 1879, for the six months ending June 30th 1881. The narr. averred…
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, of Dauphin county: Of May Term 1883, No. 25. Debt, by tbe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, against the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company, upon an account alleged to have been adjusted and settled against the said company by the Auditor-General of the Commonwealth, and to have been approved by the State Treasurer, for tax on gross receipts duo, under the Act of June 7th 1879, for the six months ending June 30th 1881. The narr. averred that a copy of said account had been sent by the Auditor-General to the defendants, and had not been appealed from. The…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green
The defence on the merits in this case is determined against the plaintiff in error by tlio- judgment of this court in the case Ho. 32 May Term 1883 between the same parties. It is. alleged in addition, however, in the affidavit of defence in the present cause, that the settlement of taxes on which the claim of the Commonwealth is founded, purports to have been made by Bobert L. Frazer for John:A. Lemon, Auditor-General, and approved by W. Livzey for Samuel Butler, State Treasurer: The affidavit further states that at the time when the. account was settled J ohn A. Lemon -was Auditor-General…
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