Pflaum v. Workers Savings & Loan Ass'n

Winnet, J.,

The rule for judgment raises the question whether the registered owner of a property is discharged from the obligation to pay taxes upon failure of the mortgagee to file a petition under the Deficiency Judgments Act of July 16, 1941, P. L. 400,12 PS §2621.1. Plaintiff was the holder of a mortgage secured on premises 1914 Georgian Road, in the City of Philadelphia. Defendant was the registered owner on January 1,1941. The property was bid in by plaintiff as mortgagee and the taxes due for the year 1941 were paid by the sheriff out of the proceeds of the sale. Plaintiff has brought…