Penna. etc. R. v. Vandyke

Citations

• 137 Pa. 249

Syllabus

<p>1. Shops, owned and operated by a railroad company, for the construction and repair of its locomotives and cars, are liable to taxation for local purposes as real estate, even though they have no greater capacity than is required for the work the company itself has for them to do.</p> <p>2. Railroad v. Berks Co., 6 Pa. 70; Erie Co. v. Transportation Co., 87 Pa. 434; Allegheny Co. v. Diamond Market, 123 Pa. 169, followed; Northampton Co. v. Navigation Co., 75 Pa. 461; Penna. R. Co. v. Pittsburgh, 104 Pa. 522, 545, explained; Northumberland Co. v. Railroad Co., 20 W. N. 381, and New York etc. R. Co. v. Sabin, 26 Pa. 242, distinguished.</p>