Legal Opinion

Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. v. Luzerne County Tax Claim Bureau

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 1, 2012PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

Judge BROBSON.

Appellant Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (Bank) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County (trial court), which dismissed the Bank’s petition to vacate a judicial tax sale of a property on which it holds a lien. We now reverse.

On March 23, 2011, the Luzerne County Tax Claims Bureau (Bureau) conducted an upset tax sale on a property (Property) owned by Michael J. Kizis and Monica Kizis (Owners) and located in Plains Township, Luzerne County, for past due real estate taxes. Because the upset price was not bid, the Bureau filed a…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Allegheny County Institution District v. Department of Public WelfareCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  2. In re the Tax Claim BureauCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  3. In Re Dauphin County Tax Claim BureauCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  4. Willard v. Delaware County Tax Claim BureauCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2007

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. In re Sale of Real Estate By Monroe County Tax Claim BureauCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  2. Shipley v. Tax Claim Bureau of Delaware CountyCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  3. 777 L.L.P. v. Luzerne County Tax Claim BureauCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
  4. In the Matter of the Report and Return of C.L. Krzysiak, Director of the Crawford County TCB of the Public Sale of Lands and Properties, Advertised to be held the 25th Day of September, 2015 Appeal of: D. BubnaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  5. In Re: Dauphin County TCB Midd Penn Bank v. Dauphin County TCB Parcel No. 34-001-065-000-0000Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2023

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