Legal Opinion

Andrews Realty Co. v. City of New Castle

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lawrence County

Decided October 27, 1943No. 10Published

1Opinion of the Court

Braham, P. J.,

This case has been brought under the Declaratory Judgments Act to determine the validity of the tax deed tendered by the City of New Castle to Andrews Realty Company. The particular point of conflict is the sufficiency of the tax title of the City of New Castle in view of a tax sale for delinquent school taxes held thereafter by the County of Lawrence at which the property was bought in by the county commissioners.

The original bill of complaint was of doubtful merit because it disclosed plaintiff and the City of New Castle to be in agreement upon the validity of the city’s tax…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Haspel v. O'BrienSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
  2. Erie v. Piece of LandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
  3. Andrews Land Corp's. AppealSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
  4. Gordon v. HarrisburgSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
  5. Ex Parte KellerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1937

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