Popple v. Luzerne County Tax Claim Bureau

OPINION BY

Judge SMITH-RIBNER.

Lawrence Lee and Victoria Evstafieva (Purchasers) appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County that granted the petition to set aside tax sale filed by James V. Popple and Victoria Popple, brother and sister (Popples), for property located in the Borough of Laurel Run (Property) that the Purchasers purchased in December 2003. The Purchasers question whether the Popples had actual notice of the pending tax sale and whether the trial court erred as a matter of law by considering matters that were not raised in the petition.

The trial court…