Ankeny v. Albright
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Somerset county. This was an action of ejectment by Isaac Ankeny v. Henry Al-bright, for 363 acres of land, warranted to Henry Hains, situate in G-reenville township, in the county of Somerset.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Somerset county. This was an action of ejectment by Isaac Ankeny v. Henry Al-bright, for 363 acres of land, warranted to Henry Hains, situate in G-reenville township, in the county of Somerset. The plaintiff claimed title under a sale for taxes in the year 1820, and showed a warrant and survey, and assessment of taxes for years 1817,1818, and 1819. The treasurer’s deed to the purchaser at this sale was destroyed by a fire in the year 1833; but the plaintiff próved the existence and loss of the deed, and its contents, and produced a deed from the purchaser to the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered, by
Lewis, J.
By the Act of 13th March, 1815, the original owner of unseated land may avoid a sale for nonpayment of taxes by proof of payment of the taxes “previously to the sale,” or of an offer of the redemption-money within two years afterwards. “ In no other case, and on no other plea, shall an action be sustained” for the purpose. In the case before us the original owner attempted to defeat the title of the purchaser on the ground of payment of the taxes before the sale; but the entry of the letters “pd” in the treasurer’s book was not sufficient…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Kennedy v. DailySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1837
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