Opinion

Girard Trust Co., Trustee's Appeal

  • 333 Pa. 129
  • 3 A.2d 252
  • 1938 Pa. LEXIS 814
Court
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Filed
Dec 5, 1938
Status
Published
Author
Linn
On the bench
Kepi-Iart, Kephart, Schaefer, Maxey, Drew, Linn, Stern, Barnes
Cited by
13 cases

The opinion

Dissenting Opinion by

Mr. Justice Linn :

The assessed securities are held in an active trust administered by a trustee whose principal place of business is in Philadelphia County; they are within the words of the taxing statute and are held for the benefit of policyholders in this and other states. Discrimination between domestic and foreign insurance companies is not involved, for, assuming that the securities would have been exempt if retained by the owning company, domestic or foreign, and not placed in the trust, the legislature had the power to tax such securities when placed in the trust. I would affirm the judgment.

Mr. Justice Drew concurs in this opinion.

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