Friends' Boarding Home of Bucks Quarterly Meeting v. County Commissioners

Citations

• 80 Pa. Super. 475
• 1923 Pa. Super. LEXIS 189

Syllabus

<p>Charities — Public charities — Taxes—Exemption.</p> <p>A home for aged persons, the charter of which declares its object to be to provide “a home for aged and infirm Friends and Friendly people of limited means” is not a “purely public charity” which under the Constitution of Pennsylvania and the statutes can be relieved from taxation.</p> <p>The fact that the charter provisions have been disregarded in the actual management of the home does not affect or alter the scope of its charities nor affect its liability for taxation.</p>