Case Name: Commonwealth v. Globe Furnishing Company, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1936-11-23
Citations: 324 Pa. 180
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 207
Parties: Commonwealth v. Globe Furnishing Company, Appellant.
Judges: Before Kephart, C. J., Schaffer, Maxey, Drew, Linn, Stern and Barnes, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 324
Pages: 180–183

Head Matter:
Commonwealth v. Globe Furnishing Company, Appellant.
Argued October 7, 1936.
Before Kephart, C. J., Schaffer, Maxey, Drew, Linn, Stern and Barnes, JJ.
Samuel Kaufman, with him Louis J. Bloch, S. Leo Ruslander and Louis Capian, for appellant.
Francis P. Anton, Charles J. Margiotti, Attorney General, and E. Russell Shockley, Deputy Attorney General, for appellee, were not heard.
November 23, 1936:

Opinion:
Pee Cueiam,
Appellant contends that if the cash received from bailment leases is included within the gross volume of its business for purposes of assessing the mercantile license tax, it will amount to double taxation because the value of the leased goods is also included within its property valuation for capital stock tax purposes. But it is established that double taxation exists only where the subject of both taxes is the same. The capital stock tax is a property tax; the mercantile license tax is a tax on the privilege of doing business in a certain manner. This distinction has been previously noted in Commonwealth v. Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co., 20 Pa. Superior Ct. 210, where a similar contention was ruled upon adversely to appellant. See also Commonwealth v. Harrisburg L. & P. Co., 284 Pa. 175, 179. Appellant's other contentions are all fully answered in the opinion of the court below.
Judgment affirmed.