Malick's Petition

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

The original parties to the litigation out of which this appeal arose were Herbert Preston Malick and his Avife, Lucetta, the OAvners of four adjoining lots in the Borough of Brentwood, Allegheny County, (three of which were purchased in 1909 and the fourth in 1910) and the County of Allegheny, which in 1917, 1918, 1924, ,1926 and 1929, filed tax liens against those lots.

Their pleadings consisted of a petition by the Malicks that the liens be stricken off, a rule to shoAV cause granted thereon, and an original and a supplemental answer by the county.

Under the…