WEST ALLEGHENY HOSP. v. BD. OF PROP. ASSESS.


500 Pa. 236 (1982)

455 A.2d 1170

WEST ALLEGHENY HOSPITAL, Appellant, v. BOARD OF PROPERTY ASSESSMENT, APPEALS AND REVIEW OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY and West Allegheny School District.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 23, 1982.

Reargument Denied February 1, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Y. Stroh, Raymond H. Bogaty, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Jane D. Elliott, Duane, Morris & Heckscher, Philadelphia, for amicus curiae Hospital Ass'n of Pa.

D.R. Pellegrini, W. Theodore Brooks, Pittsburgh, for West Allegheny School Dist.

William J. Fahey, John M. Silvestri, Patrick J. Loughney, Pittsburgh, for Bd. of Property Assessment, Appeals and Review of Allegheny County.

Before O'BRIEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, McDERMOTT and HUTCHINSON, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

At issue on this appeal is whether the health care facilities of appellant West Allegheny Hospital, a non-profit corporation founded in 1956, are exempt from real estate taxes imposed by appellee West Allegheny School District. Two facilities are involved, one of which was acquired by appellant in late 1964 and was in operation until 1973, the other of which was built by appellant...

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