E.O.J., Inc. v. Tax Claim Bureau of Schuylkill County

FLAHERTY, Judge.

This is an appeal by E.O.J. Inc. (EOJ) from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill County (trial court) which denied EOJ’s petition for relief from the judgment of non pros. We vacate and remand.

On December 20, 1939, Joseph DeConcini recorded a deed and became the record owner of a tract of land (the property) situated in Frailey and Reilly Townships, Schuylkill County (County). Real estate taxes were not paid in 1939 and 1940. The County tried to sell the property in October 1942 via a treasurer’s sale but no one bid on the property. Then the Schuylkill County…