FIERRO v. WILLIAMSPORT


384 Pa. 568 (1956)

Fierro, Appellant, v. Williamsport.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 13, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick H. Fierro, appellant, in propria persona.

Charles Bidelspacher, Jr., City Solicitor, with him Charles A. Szybist and Bidelspacher & Bidelspacher, for appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ARNOLD, March 13, 1956:

This was a complaint in equity seeking to enjoin the City of Williamsport from enforcing its ordinance levying a tax on the privilege and transaction of engaging in the operation of mechanical or electronic phonographs (juke boxes) played by persons who inserted coins into the machines. Plaintiff appeals from the decree of the court below dismissing the complaint.

The pertinent provision of the city's ordinance...

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