HIGHLEY v. SHEPARD


381 Pa. 414 (1955)

Higley, Admr., v. Shepard, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 18, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Friedman, Deputy Attorney General, with him Colbert C. McClain, Special Counsel, and Herbert B. Cohen, Attorney General, for appellant.

Blair N. Reiley, Jr., with him Emanuel E. Farbman and Marvin J. Cohen, for appellee.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE JONES, April 18, 1955:

The facts material to this appeal are not distinguishable from those in Powell v. Shepard, 381 Pa. 405 (handed down this day), where we held that exclusive jurisdiction of the action relating to the defendant in his capacity as agent of the Secretary of Revenue of the Commonwealth for the collection of the State realty transfer tax was in the court of common pleas of Dauphin County...

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