DeHaven v. Roscon B. & L. Assn.

Opinion by.Keleeb, J.,

This was an action by a mortgagee of real estate in the City of Philadelphia, (3519 Hamilton Street), against the real owner of the premises during the years 1928 and 1929, to recover the amount of taxes due the City of Philadelphia on said real estate for those years which had been paid by her. The court below entered judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. The judgment is too clearly right to need an extended opinion.

Defendant was admittedly the real owner of the land; Diamond, in whose name the record title stood, was only a straw man acting for it.…