Ellis v. Houseknecht
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 8, Feb. T., 1914, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Lycoming Co., Dec. T., 1912, No. 294, for plaintiff on case stated in suit of W. H. Ellis v. Hervey Houseknecht et al. Case stated to determine title to real estate. Before Whitehead, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was judgment for plaintiff on case stated.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Kephart, J.,
This was an action of ejectment brought by W. H. Ellis, against Hervey Houseknecht and others. The plaintiff claims title by virtue of a tax sale for a piece of land located in Jordan township, Lycoming county. The facts were agreed upon by the parties in the nature of a special verdict and the ones material to the question raised may be summarized as follows:
The county commissioners delivered the assessment books to the assessor for Jordon township on April 1, 1909. These books were returned on May 3, 1909, containing therein the assessment of the defendants’ property…
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