Borough of Elizabeth v. Aim Sher Corp.

SPAETH, Judge:

This is an appeal from a decree declaring appellee to be the owner in fee simple of a tract of land. We affirm.

On March 20, 1956, Elsa and Henry Cooling conveyed a tract of land on the east bank of the Monongahela River in the Borough of Elizabeth, Allegheny County, to James F. Hosmer. Hosmer died on December 14, 1961, leaving a will giving all his property to his widow, Eleanor Mae Hosmer. On February 17, 1976, Mrs. Hosmer offered to deed the Monongahela River tract to appellee, the Borough of Elizabeth, in satisfaction of her liability for past property taxes.

While appellee…