Commonwealth v. Keystone Laundry Co.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Commonwealth v. Keystone Laundry Co., 203 Pa. 289 (Pa. 1902)
52 A. 326; 1902 Pa. LEXIS 710
Bbown, Dean, Fell, Mestbezat, Mitchell, Potteb

Commonwealth v. Keystone Laundry Co.

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

The appellant was incorporated for the purpose of “ cleansing, bleaching, starching and smoothing textile fabrics by the use of machinery and mechanical appliances, and the application of skilled manual operation.” Its principal business is, as properly stated by the court below, “washing and ironing.” In carrying on this business, it needs soap and dyes, and, even if it does manufacture these two articles for its own use, instead of buying them, such manufacture of them does not make the “washing and ironing” concern a “manufacturing plant and business,” as defined by statute, lexicon or judicial utterance.

Judgment affirmed.

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Commonwealth v. Keystone Laundry Company
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Syllabus
Taxation — Laundry company — Manufacturing corporation. A corporation chartered for the purpose of “ cleansing, bleaching, starching and smoothing textile fabrics by the use o£ machinery and mechanical appliances, and the application of skilled manual operation,” the principal business of which is “washing and ironing,” is not a manufacturing corporation, merely because it manufactures soap and dyes for its own use instead of buying them.