HORIGAN v. CITY OF PITTSBURGH


178 Pa.Super. 558 (1955)

Horigan v. City of Pittsburgh, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

July 21, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Shorall, Assistant City Solicitor, with him J. Frank McKenna, Jr., City Solicitor, and W.S. Moorhead, Jr., Assistant City Solicitor, for appellant.

Frank W. Ittel, with him Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, for appellee.

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


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

On the authority of the Act of June 25, 1947, P.L. 1145, 53 PS § 2015.1 et seq., the City of Pittsburgh enacted its Ordinance No. 488, effective November 29, 1947, which imposed an annual mercantile license tax on wholesale and retail vendors or dealers in goods, wares and merchandise. The amending Act of May 9, 1949, P.L. 898 struck down the power to levy a tax "on goods and articles manufactured in such political subdivision...

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