Legal Opinion

In re Tax Claim Bureau of Lehigh County 2012 Judicial Tax Sale

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 8, 2015PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

Judge BROBSON.

Seung Hee Lee (Lee) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County (trial court), setting aside the judicial tax sale of a property located at 24 South 8th Street, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (the Property). For the reasons stated below, we affirm.

In 2004, Winston Collado (Collado) purchased the Property and shortly thereafter executed a mortgage to Rafael Mendez (Mendez) in the amount of $120,000. The mortgage was recorded in the Lehigh County Recorder of Deeds Division and was in effect at the time of the judicial tax sale. As recorded…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
  2. Tracy v. County of Chester, Tax Claim BureauSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  3. Harvilla v. DelcampSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  4. City of Philadelphia v. BermanCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
  5. Smith v. Tax Claim Bureau of Pike CountyCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2003

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