Allegheny Co. v. McKeesport Diamond Market
Citations
- 123 Pa. 164
- 16 A. 619
- 1889 Pa. LEXIS 641
Syllabus
<p>1. The principle that the works of a public corporation, a railroad com- , pany for example, may not be subjected to local taxation without express statutory mandate, is not applied to the property of a private corporation which may carry out its purposes without the right of eminent domain.*</p> <p>2. The building of a market company, though erected upon the public square of a borough and the company pay the usual taxes upon the capital stock to the state, is not exempt from local taxation, the company needing no chartered rights to carry on its business •• Coatesville Gas Co. v. Chester Co., 97 Pa, 481, distinguished; South Reading Market House Co. v. Berks Co., 11 W. N. 424, followed.</p>
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Judges: Clare, Gordon, Green, Hand, Paxson, Sterrett, Williams
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