Connelly v. Nedrow
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to Somerset county. This was an action of ejectment, by Bernard Connelly, Jun., against Peter Nedrow. The opinion of the court below was assigned for error. • Baird, president. The plaintiff, in this case, claims the land, by virtue of a treasurer’s sale, made by John Patton, treasurer of the county of Somerset.
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ERROR to Somerset county. This was an action of ejectment, by Bernard Connelly, Jun., against Peter Nedrow. The opinion of the court below was assigned for error. • Baird, president. The plaintiff, in this case, claims the land, by virtue of a treasurer’s sale, made by John Patton, treasurer of the county of Somerset. The deed from Patton to Bernard Connelly and Chauncey Forward, Esq., bears date on the 4th day of September 1826, and was acknowledged in court, on the 6th day of the same month. This deed recites taxes due, for the years 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823, 1824, amounting to 10…
1Per curiam
It is settled, that the surplus bond is indispensable; and there is a conclusive reason why a deposit of money should not be taken as a substitute for it. By the act of 1804, it is directed to be a lien on the land, for which the personal security of the treasurer is not an equivalent. Even his sureties would be irresponsible for what would certainly be an unofficial act; for, though the second section of the act of the 13th of March 1815, provides that the treasurer, for the time being, when consummating a sale made by a predecessor, shall execute the deed “ upon the full discharge and…
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