Legal Opinion

In re Proposed Private Tax Sale by the Carbon County Tax Claim Bureau to Marra

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 29, 1986No. Appeal, No. 2102 C.D. 1984PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge Palladino,

Lawrence Marra (Appellant) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Carbon County (trial court) which dismissed, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, a Petition of Penn Forest Township *409and Jim Thorpe Area School District to Disapprove Private Sale. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse and remand.

The Carbon County Tax 'Claim Bureau (Bureau) received from Appellant bids of $25.00 on each of 134 properties in Carbon County. These properties had been the subject of several previous unsuccessful public tax sales. Pursuant to Section 613 of the Real…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Fitzgerald v. City of PhiladelphiaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1985

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Fawber v. Dauphin County Tax Claim BureauCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  2. Leasure v. Borough of TraffordCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  3. Fawber v. DAUPHIN CTY. TAX CL. BUR.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  4. Jim Thorpe Area School District v. Carbon County Tax Claim Bureau, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Carbon County1987

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