Monroe Township Municipal Authority v. Augsburger

OPINION BY

Judge LEADBETTER.

The Monroe Township Municipal Authority (Authority) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County (common pleas) striking $5,106.20 from the Authority’s judgment against Timothy R. and Janel C. Augsbur-ger. The amount struck from the judgment represents legal fees incurred in the litigation of the Augsburgers’ contest of the Authority’s claim for sewer connection fees. We affirm.

In July of 2001, the Authority filed a municipal hen against the Augsburgers’ residence for an unpaid sewer connection fee in the amount of $3,000.00. The…