STANDARD BRANDS, INC. v. PITTSBURGH


403 Pa. 590 (1961)

Standard Brands, Inc., Appellant, v. Pittsburgh. Standard Brands, Inc., Appellant, v. Pittsburgh School District.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 2, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judd N. Poffinberger, Jr., with him Maurice B. Cohill, Jr., and Kirkpatrick, Pomeroy, Lockhart & Johnson, for appellant.

Regis C. Nairn, Assistant City Solicitor, with him David Stahl, City Solicitor, for City of Pittsburgh, appellee.

Edmund W. Ridall, Jr., Assistant School Solicitor, and Niles Anderson, School Solicitor, for School District of Pittsburgh, appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, BOK and EAGEN, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BOK, May 2, 1961:

There are two appeals by Standard Brands, Inc., a taxpayer, against the imposition of the mercantile license tax (1) by the City of Pittsburgh under the Act of June 25, 1947, P.L. 1145, as amended, 53 PS § 6851 et seq, and (2) by the School District of Pittsburgh under the Act of June 20, 1947, P.L. 745, as amended, 24 PS § 582.1 et seq. The case involves sales under certain

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