McReynolds v. Longenberger
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia county: No. 4, to October Term 1866. In the court below, William Longenberger and James Macallamy, executors, &c., of George Longenberger, deceased, and S. P. Wolverton, brought an action of ejectment against Hugh W. McReynolds, Michael C. Kreitzer and Mary A. his wife, John W. Phleger and Rebecca his wife, Luther K. Stine and Matilda his wife, Cyrus J. Bower, Franklin C. Bower, Henry Bower, Gibson Bower, Emily Bower, Addison…
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia county: No. 4, to October Term 1866. In the court below, William Longenberger and James Macallamy, executors, &c., of George Longenberger, deceased, and S. P. Wolverton, brought an action of ejectment against Hugh W. McReynolds, Michael C. Kreitzer and Mary A. his wife, John W. Phleger and Rebecca his wife, Luther K. Stine and Matilda his wife, Cyrus J. Bower, Franklin C. Bower, Henry Bower, Gibson Bower, Emily Bower, Addison Bower, Mary Bower, and William Bower, for a tract of 364 acres of land in Beaver township (formerly Mifflin township),…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Thompson, C. J.
It was said in Laird v. Heister, 12 Harris 452, that the authority of the treasurer to sell unseated lands for taxes depends upon facts; viz., that the land was unseated at the time of the assessment: that a tax appears to have been, and was in fact assessed upon it by the proper assessing officers, and that the tax has been due for one whole year, and remains unpaid. The absence of either of these facts involves an exemption from the penalties of the Acts of 1804 and 1815. The substance of this is to be found in many cases prior and…
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