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First Pa. Bk. N.A. v. Lanc. Co. Tax Cl. B

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Jul 18, 1979
44 Pa. Commw. 301 (Pa. Cmmw. Ct. 1979)

Opinion

Argued March 8, 1979

July 18, 1979.

Argued March 8, 1979, before Judges WILKINSON, JR., MERCER and DiSALLE, sitting as a panel of three.

Appeal, No. 944 C.D. 1978, from the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County in case of First Pennsylvania Bank, N.A. v. Lancaster County Tax Claim Bureau and Della Becker, Equity Docket No. 16, Page 242.

Complaint in equity in the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County to set aside tax sale. Complaint dismissed. Final decree entered. BUCHER, J. for the court en bane. Plaintiff appealed to the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. Held: Affirmed.

Miles H. Shore, with him, of counsel, Saul, Ewing, Remick Saul, for appellant.

Maurice M. Green, for appellees.


This is an appeal from the final decree in equity of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County which affirmed the Chancellor's adjudication and decree nisi dismissing the complaint filed by the First Pennsylvania Bank N.A. In so doing, the Chancellor refused to set aside the disputed tax sale and held the Real Estate Tax Sale Law, Act of July 7, 1947, P.L. 1368, as amended, 72 P. S. § 5860.101 et seq., to be constitutional. We affirm on the basis of Judge BUCHER's Adjudication and Decree Nisi dated November 10, 1977, and the Opinion and Final Decree dated February 21, 1978, at Equity Docket No. 16, Page 242.

ORDER

AND NOW, this 18th day of July, 1979, the final decree in equity of the Court of Common Pleas, dated February 21, 1978, is hereby affirmed.


Summaries of

First Pa. Bk. N.A. v. Lanc. Co. Tax Cl. B

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Jul 18, 1979
44 Pa. Commw. 301 (Pa. Cmmw. Ct. 1979)
Case details for

First Pa. Bk. N.A. v. Lanc. Co. Tax Cl. B

Case Details

Full title:First Pennsylvania Bank N.A., Appellant v. Lancaster County Tax Claim…

Court:Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Jul 18, 1979

Citations

44 Pa. Commw. 301 (Pa. Cmmw. Ct. 1979)
404 A.2d 709

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