Case Name: Philadelphia Company v. Pittsburgh, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1905-04-17
Citations: 211 Pa. 490
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 13
Parties: Philadelphia Company v. Pittsburgh, Appellant.
Judges: Before Mitchell, C. J., Dean, Fell, Bbown, Mestbezat, Potteb and Elkin, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 211
Pages: 490–490

Head Matter:
Philadelphia Company v. Pittsburgh, Appellant.
Argued Jan. 9, 1905.
, Oct. T., 1905, by defendants, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., July T., 1904, No. 154, on bill in equity in case of Philadelphia Company v. City of Pittsburgh and John F. Steel, Treasurer of the City of Pittsburg.
Before Mitchell, C. J., Dean, Fell, Bbown, Mestbezat, Potteb and Elkin, JJ.
Affirmed.
The tax in this case was three cents per foot for each lineal foot of pipe laid.
April 17, 1905 :

Opinion:
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Bbown,
The tax which the city of Pittsburgh would collect from this appellee is an unauthorized property tax, and, for the reason given in the opinion in Pittsburgh Railways Company v. City of Pittsburgh et al., No. 12, October Term, 1905, this day filed, the decree is affirmed and the appeal dismissed at appellants' costs.