Robb v. Philadelphia

Citations

• 25 Pa. Super. 343
• 1904 Pa. Super. LEXIS 67

Syllabus

<p>Taxation — Exemption—Public property — Meadow companies.</p> <p>The Greenwich Island Meadow Company, a quasi municipal corporation having its existence under the Act of April 12, 1760,1 Sm. L. 227, and January 30, 1804, 4 Sm. L. 109, for the purpose of maintaining embankments to protect certain marsh lands along the Delaware river, has no power to impose a tax upon lands acquired by the city of Philadelphia and laid out as a park.</p>