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FREEMAN v. CITY OF PHILA.

178 Pa.Super. 290 (1955)

Freeman, Appellant, v. City of Philadelphia.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

July 21, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Freeman, with him Freeman, Fox & Fiechter, for appellants.

Jerome J. Shestack, First Deputy City Solicitor, with him Jacob J. Siegal, Assistant City Solicitor, James L. Stern and Abraham Wernick, Deputy City Solicitors, and Abraham L. Freedman, City Solicitor, for appellees.

Before RHODES, P.J., HIRT, ROSS, GUNTHER, WRIGHT, WOODSIDE and ERVIN, JJ.

OPINION BY ROSS, J., July 21, 1955:

Appellants initiated this action by a complaint in equity to restrain the City of Philadelphia from collecting a tax levied against auctioneers. The court below dismissed the complaint and this appeal followed.

On February 23, 1945 the City of Philadelphia passed an ordinance "imposing a tax on all persons, firms, corporations and associations carrying on the business of auctioneers; providing for the collection thereof...

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