Van Loon v. Engle
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 107 Jan. T., 1895, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Co., Feb. T., 1892, No. 76, on verdict for defendants. , Ejectment for a vacant lot of land in the Second ward of the city of Wilkes-Barre. Before Woodward, J. . The plaintiff in this case relied upon a tax title, and the sole contention was whether the description in the proceedings leading up to the sale was sufficient to identify the land.
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Appeal, No. 107 Jan. T., 1895, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Co., Feb. T., 1892, No. 76, on verdict for defendants. , Ejectment for a vacant lot of land in the Second ward of the city of Wilkes-Barre. Before Woodward, J. . The plaintiff in this case relied upon a tax title, and the sole contention was whether the description in the proceedings leading up to the sale was sufficient to identify the land. At the trial plaintiff offered the return of property for the year 1884, of J. W. Gilchrist, receiver of taxes for the city of Wilkes-Barre, signed J. W. Gilchrist, collector,…
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Mb. J ustice Williams,
This is an action of ejectment in which the plaintiff’s right to recover depends on the validity of the tax sale through which he acquired his title. The defendants hold the title under a regular chain of conveyances and are in possession as owners. They have a right to the verdict unless the title has been taken from them by virtue of the tax sale under which the plaintiff claims. This sale was made under the act of 1881, P. L. 45, and upon a collector’s return of the lot in controversy for the nonpayment of taxes assessed upon it as seated land. Two questions…
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