Opinion

City of Williamsport v. Brown

84 Pa. 438
1877 Pa. LEXIS 199

Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Filed: Jun 18, 1877
Status: Published
On the bench: Agnew, Mercur, Ordon, Paxson, Sharswood, Sterrett, Woodward
Cited by: 5 cases
Authority: More cited than 81.4%

The opinion

The judgment of the Supreme Court was entered,

Per Curiam.

We think the Act of 1st April 1872, limiting the rate of taxation for city purposes in the Seventh Ward of the city of Williamsport and classifying lands subject to the tax is not inconsistent with the provisions of the Act of May 23d 1874, Pamph. L. 230, relating to cities, commonly called the “ Wallace law;” but can well stand with the latter. It affords a very just means of regulating taxation. The power to classify the subjects of taxation still remains under the new constitution: Kittanning Coal Co. v. Commonwealth, 29 P. F. Smith 100.

Judgment affirmed.

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