Petticord v. Joyce

PALLADINO, Judge.

Herbert C. Petticord (Appellant) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) which granted the motion for summary judgment of John P. Joyce, Prothonotary (Prothonotary) and Allegheny County (County) (collectively, Appellees). We affirm.

The facts are undisputed and are as follows. Appellant requested that Prothonotary conduct a search of the docket for any judgment liens indexed against a property that Appellant contemplated purchasing. On July 31, 1981, Prothonotary issued a lien certificate which stated in part: “I find no judgments…