Vandermark v. Phillips
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
No. 121 January Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 233 May Term 1886, C. P. This was an action of -ejectment by William M. Vandermark against Esther Phillips and Joseph P. Phillips, her husband, and Catharine Hughes, now Jones, and William G. Jones, her husband, for a lot of ground situate in the city of Wilkes-Barre, Pa. By agreement of the parties the case was referred to Mr. Geu.
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No. 121 January Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 233 May Term 1886, C. P. This was an action of -ejectment by William M. Vandermark against Esther Phillips and Joseph P. Phillips, her husband, and Catharine Hughes, now Jones, and William G. Jones, her husband, for a lot of ground situate in the city of Wilkes-Barre, Pa. By agreement of the parties the case was referred to Mr. Geu. W. Shonk, as referee, who found the facts to be as follows:— In 1876 there was assessed to Thomas Hughes an improved' lot on Hazel street, in the city of Wilkes-Barre, the property in controversy; also a vacant…
1Per curiam
There is no error in this judgment. The return of taxes, was made too late in time, and too defective in form, to constitute a valid basis for a sale of the land in question.
Judgment affirmed.
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