Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co. v. Mt. Carmel Township School District

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Patterson,

This is a bill in equity by the Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company, appellee, a taxpayer of the School District of Mt. Carmel Township, on behalf of itself and other taxpayers, to enjoin the School District, the Board of Directors, and the Tax Collector of said Township, appellants, from enforcing collection of a tax levied for the fiscal year 1942-1943 for the reason that the said tax is in excess of the millage authorized by law. The questions involved are (1) may a school board of a school district of the third class levy a tax for general purposes…