Legal Opinion

Wengerd v. Nature Conservancy

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Monroe County

Decided December 19, 2005No. nos. 1857 CIVIL 2004, 2321 CIVIL 2004, 3124 CIVIL 2004Published

1Opinion of the Court

O’BRIEN, J.,

Graham McKelvy Walker, et ux. executed a deed on December 17, 1997, donating approximately 111 acres of land situate in Cherry Valley, Hamilton Township, Monroe County to The Nature Conservancy, a nonprofit corporation. (Exhibit J-D.) On June 24, 1998, The Nature Conservancy transferred ownership of the property to Pocono Heritage Land Trust, a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for the purpose of conducting exclusively charitable, scientific and educational activities. (Exhibit J— E.) Although the Pocono Heritage Land Trust was…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Tracy v. County of Chester, Tax Claim BureauSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  2. Tide Water Pipe Co. v. BellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  3. Chester County Tax Claim Bureau AppealSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
  4. Donaldson v. RitenourCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  5. In re Tax Claim Bureau of Schuylkill County Sale of September 29, 2000Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2002

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