Indiana County Petition

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Horace Stern,

The County Commissioners of Indiana County, having bought a certain mining property at a treasurer’s sale for nonpayment of taxes, are- desirous of selling the same to a person who has made an advantageous offer to purchase it. An assignee of the previous owner, however, claims the right to redeem the property for the amount of the taxes, penalties, interest and costs due thereon, the total of which is a considerably less amount than that offered by the prospective purchaser. The question now is whether this claimed right of redemption exists and whether the…