Legal Opinion
Geier v. Tax Claim Bureau
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 25, 1990PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BARRY, Judge.
We have before the Court two appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill County denying separate petitions to disapprove an upset sale of property for the nonpayment of taxes and confirm the sale. In 1986 the Colitz Mining Company (Colitz) 1 received a notice from the Tax Claim Bureau of Schuylkill County (Bureau) that the Bureau had received an offer of $146,666.88 from John McCord for 74 acres of coal reserves in New Castle Township. The property had been exposed to sale for delinquent taxes in 1953 but no bids were received until McCord began…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Mennonite Board of Missions v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Tracy v. County of Chester, Tax Claim BureauSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Chester County Tax Claim Bureau v. GriffithCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
- Casanta v. Clearfield County Tax Claim BureauCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Brown v. Barnes Real Estate Co.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Casaday v. Clearfield County Tax Claim BureauCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
- Geier v. Tax Claim BureauSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- In re the Tax Sales by the Tax Claim Bureau of Dauphin CountyCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- In Re Tax Sale of Real Property SituatedCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- Miller v. Clinton County Tax Claim BureauCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
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