Bradford County v. Beardsley
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 310, Oct. T., 1914, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Bradford Co., May T., 1914, No. 553, discharging rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense in case of Bradford County v. Estate of J. M. Beardsley, owner or reputed owner. Scire facias sur tax lien. Rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense.
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Appeal, No. 310, Oct. T., 1914, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Bradford Co., May T., 1914, No. 553, discharging rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense in case of Bradford County v. Estate of J. M. Beardsley, owner or reputed owner. Scire facias sur tax lien. Rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. The tax lien filed was as follows: “The plaintiff above named files its claim for delinquent or unpaid taxes against the above-named defendant, owner or reputed owner, of the premises upon which said taxes were levied and assessed and hereinafter…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Kephakt, J.,
The appeal in this case involves a consideration of the Act of May 21, 1913, P. L. 285. A claim for county taxes levied in 1912 was duly filed as a lien in the proper office March .30,1914, under the Act of June 4, 1901, P. *481L. 364, on which, a scire facias was issued. The affidavit of defense avers that taxes must be returned and sale must be held pursuant to the Act of May 21, 1913, P. L. 285, and that these proceedings being under the Act of 1901 were without legal authority. The court below sustained appellee’s contention, holding the Act of 1901, in so far as it…
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