Legal Opinion
Potomac Building Corporation v. Karkenny
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 20, 1976No. 9629PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Per curiam
This appeal arises from a trial court judgment holding that there was substantial compliance with the statutory notice provisions for a tax deed sale. See D.C. Code 1973, § 47-1001. 1 Appellant contends that strict compliance with the tax sale statute failed and was required. We agree and reverse.
In November 1970, appellant purchased two parcels of local real property from the Urban Rehabilitation Corporation. In the year of the transaction, property taxes were not paid and the District of Columbia sought to list and sell the parcels in question for the payment of delinquent taxes. D.C.Code…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Early v. DoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1854
- Chester County Tax Claim Bureau AppealSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
- Dougery v. BettencourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1931
- Wheatcroft v. SchmidCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Terwilleger v. BridgesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1942
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Boddie v. RobinsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1981
- Coleman v. ScheveDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
- Keatts v. RobinsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
- Associated Estates, LLC v. CaldwellDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2001
- Gore v. NewsomeDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
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