GREENWICH TP. v. MURTAGH


144 Pa.Commw. 624 (1992)

601 A.2d 1352

GREENWICH TOWNSHIP et al., Appellants, v. Merry J. MURTAGH et al., Appellees. BOROUGH OF WYOMISSING HILLS, Borough of Birdsboro, Borough of West Reading et al., Appellants, v. Merry J. MURTAGH, Spencer Lee Cherashore, Frederick Murtagh et al., Appellees.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 9, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Kozloff, for appellants, Greenwich Tp. et al.

Donald E. Wieand, Jr., for appellants, Borough of Wyomissing Hills, Borough of Birdsboro, Borough of West Reading, et al.

Daniel B. Huyett, E. Thomas Henefer, Joseph C. Mossop and Robert A. Swift, for appellees, Merry J. Murtagh et al.

Before CRAIG, President Judge, and DOYLE, COLINS, PALLADINO, McGINLEY, SMITH and PELLEGRINI, JJ.


PELLEGRINI, Judge.

Greenwich Township, et al. and Borough of Wyomissing Hills, et al. (Local Governments) appeal an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County, finding that the trial court has subject matter jurisdiction to a class action Section 1983 amended complaint of Merry J. Murtagh, et al. (Taxpayers), challenging the constitutionality of the manner in which property is assessed for real estate tax purposes.

Taxpayers, representing a class of...

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