Wallingford Swarthmore School District v. Kuyumjian

DOYLE, Judge.

This appeal involves a straightforward single issue, well phrased in the Appellant’s Statement of the Questions presented: Is a school district barred from instituting an action in assumpsit to collect unpaid school taxes once it has returned the duplicate tax bills to the County Tax Claim Bureau as unpaid?

Sarkis Kuyumjian, Jr. appeals from the order of Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County, which held that the Wallingford Swarthmore School District (District) is not so barred and is permitted to maintain an in personam action against Kuyumjian to collect delinquent taxes.

This…