WIEMAN & WARD CO. v. PITTSBURGH


381 Pa. 535 (1955)

Wieman and Ward Company v. Pittsburgh, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 4, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Stahl, Assistant City Solicitor, with him J. Frank McKenna, Jr., City Solicitor, for City of Pittsburgh, appellant.

Oscar G. Peterson, Assistant Solicitor, with him Mortimer B. Lesher, Solicitor, for School District, appellant.

J. Wray Connolly, with him William F. Swanson, Jr., and Moorhead & Knox, for appellees.

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


OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HORACE STERN, May 4, 1955:

The question is whether certain sales made by The Wieman and Ward Company, a Pennsylvania corporation engaged in Pittsburgh in the business of wholesale dealer in coal, coke and pig iron, are transactions the gross receipts from which are properly includable in computing the mercantile license taxes of the City of Pittsburgh and the School District of Pittsburgh, or whether...

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