Pennsylvania Co. v. Bergson

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Kephaet,

Appellee was compelled to pay the taxes on the mortgaged property when it foreclosed its mortgage, and sued to recover the amount so paid from the registered owner. The affidavit of defense admits that appellant was by recorded deed the registered owner when the taxes were assessed, but it avers he was not the real owner, holding only the naked title for the accommodation of another, the General Realty Company, his grantor, which was the true owner; that the conveyance to him was without consideration and was made to enable the real owner to make certain…