Legal Opinion
Patterson v. Oakes
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 17, 1978No. 669PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN der VOORT, Judge:
This is an appeal from an order of the court below sustaining an action to quiet title to a thirty acre tract of land situated in Mt. Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, acquired in 1964 by the appellee from the Treasurer of Westmoreland County at a tax sale. The purchase price was $23.62.
The tax sale was held under the County Return Act of 1931, 72 P.S. 5971, which was applicable to Westmoreland County at that time. The notice requireménts of the Act (Section 5971g), in addition to advertising in at least two newspapers of general circulation in the County, specified…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hess v. WesterwickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
- Chester County Tax Claim Bureau AppealSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
- Lessee of Wister v. KammererSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1796
- Shafer v. HansenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
- Blasi v. AlexanderSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
3Cited by7 opinions
- Jost v. Phoenixville Area School DistrictSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Northrup v. Pennsylvania Game CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Fidei v. UnderwoodSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- DeAngelo v. Carbon County Tax Claim Bureau, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Carbon County1987
- In re Sale of Real Estate by Luzerne County Tax Bureau, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Luzerne County1987
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