ST. JOSEPH HOSP. v. BERKS CTY. BD. OF ASSESS. APPEALS


709 A.2d 928 (1998)

SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL, Appellant, v. BERKS COUNTY BOARD OF ASSESSMENT APPEALS, Borough Mount Penn, City of Reading, Pennsylvania, and the School District of the City of Reading, Pennsylvania and the Antietam School District.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 26, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary E. Kohart, Philadelphia, for appellant.

John W. Beatty, Erie, for appellees, City of Reading and the School District of City of Reading.

Before COLINS, President Judge, and DOYLE, SMITH, FRIEDMAN, KELLEY and FLAHERTY, JJ.


DOYLE, Judge.

Saint Joseph Hospital (SJH) appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County, which affirmed a decision of the Berks County Board of Assessment Appeals to discontinue SJH's charitable exemption from local real estate taxes.

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