McConomy Tax Assessment Case

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

This is an appeal from tbe city assessment of land in Lancaster for the triennium beginning with 1943. The vacant lot in question has a frontage of slightly more than 27 feet on North Queen Street and a uniform depth eastwardly of 247 feet to an alley known as North Christian Street. The property, an asset of Parmer’s Trust Company of Lancaster, had been on the market for almost ten years. It was finally offered at public sale by the liquidating trustee of the Trust Company in December 1941 and was bought by appellant for $20,000. He was the highest and best bidder and the…