Township of Springfield v. Thomas

FRIEDMAN, Judge.

S. Penn Thomas (Owner) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County which entered judgment on a writ of scire facias 1 in favor of the Township of Springfield (Township) on a municipal sewer lien. We reverse.

S. Penn Thomas and Mary Ann MacDonald, husband and wife, own residential property in Springfield Township on which they failed to pay their 1990 sewer assessment. 2 The Owner objects to the addition of legal fees and litigation fees and costs to the amount of the lien.

The Township had contracted with a law firm, Portnoff Law Associates, to…