City of Philadelphia v. Franklin Cemetery

Citations

• 2 Pa. Super. 569
• 1896 Pa. Super. LEXIS 86

Syllabus

<p>Taxation — Exemption—Cemetery company — Municipal assessments.</p> <p>The exemption from taxation accorded to a cemetery company under act of May 29, 1840, P. L. 569, does not extend to a municipal charge or assessment for water pipe made against such cemetery company.</p> <p>The right of a municipality to recover from church and cemetery properties their proportionate share of the cost of water pipe and pavement improvements is settled, and is not changed by the fact that a cemetery company was incorporated before the amendment to the constitution of 1856, P. L. 1857, p. 811, which is adopted in sec. 10, art. XV. of the constitution of 1874.</p>