Bernitsky v. Schuylkill County

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Allen M. Stearne,

The question presented is whether or not appellants were correctly denied the right of redemption of a portion of a larger tract of land sold by the County Treasurer to the County Commissioners of Schuylkill County for the nonpayment of taxes. The court below denied the right of redemption under a construction, of the Act of July 7, 1947, P. L. 1368, 72 PS. §5860. et.seq.

J oseph Bernitsky and George Sténulis, the' appellants, are Individuáis who purchased 2.1 acres of such surface and. mineral land on March 16, 1953, Appellants’ grantors had ácquired…