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GIRARD TRUST CO. v. PHILADELPHIA

369 Pa. 499 (1952)

Girard Trust Company v. Philadelphia, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 24, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham Wernick, Assistant City Solicitor, with him Frank F. Truscott, City Solicitor, for City of Philadelphia, appellant.

C. Brewster Rhoads, for School District of Philadelphia.

Joseph H. Lieberman, for Board of Revision of Taxes.

Sanford D. Beecher, with him Claude C. Smith and Duane, Morris & Heckscher, for appellee.

Before DREW, C.J., STERN, STEARNE, BELL, CHIDSEY and MUSMANNO, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE HORACE STERN, March 24, 1952:

Stated as concisely as possible, the question is whether a mortgage which is merely security for the payment of accompanying bonds is subject to the personal property tax.

In 1924 the Penn Athletic Club conveyed its clubhouse at the northeast corner of 18th and Locust Streets, Philadelphia to one C. Benton Cooper, who thereupon executed to the Girard Trust Company...

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