GLEN ALDEN COAL CO. v. THOMAS et al.


165 Pa.Super. 199 (1949)

Glen Alden Coal Company, Appellant, v. Thomas, Appellant, et al.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

July 15, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.H. Oliver, with him Walter W. Harris, O'Malley, Harris, Harris & Warren, and Franklin B. Gelder, for plaintiff, appellant.

Wm. J. Oliver, with him David J. Conroy, for defendant, William B. Thomas, appellant.

Charles L. Robertson, Solicitor, for Borough of Taylor, appellee.

Raymond T. Law, Solicitor, for School District of Borough of Taylor, appellee.

John J. Scott, with him David J. Reedy, Jr., Assistant City Solicitor, and James W. McNulty, City Solicitor, for City of Scranton, appellee.

Before RHODES, P.J., HIRT, RENO, DITHRICH, ARNOLD and FINE, JJ. (ROSS, J., absent.)


OPINION BY ARNOLD, J., July 15, 1949:

This was a bill in equity brought by the Glen Alden Coal Company for an interpleader against a taxable and various taxing districts, concerning what is commonly called a wage tax levied under the Act of June 25, 1947, P.L. 1145, 53 PS § 2015.1 et seq., familiarly known as the "Home Rule Tax Act." The Glen Alden Coal Company, employer of the taxable, withheld the tax at its source.

The Act could have made the wage...

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