Bredin v. Road Commissioners
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Venango county: Of October and November Term 1878, No. 105. This was an appeal in the court below by the Commissioners of Cranberry township, Venango county, from the judgment of a justice of the peace, obtained by James M. Bredin against said commissioners. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of this court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gordon
James M. Bredin bought, at treasurer’s sale, certain tracts of land, which had been assessed by the road commissioners of Cranberry township with certain road taxes, for- which taxes, inter alia, the said lands were sold. Bredin paid the amount of his bids to the treasurer, and the part thereof due the township for road taxes was paid over to the commissioners. The plaintiff now alleges, that after these purchases, he discovered that certain of the tracts, so bought by him, did not lie in Venango county, and others had been doubly assessed, and he, therefore, got no title. On application to…