City of Philadelphia v. Raup
City of Philadelphia v. Raup
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
This is the fourth time that questions involving the title in controversy have been presented to and passed upon by this court. In Goodman v. Sanger, 85 Pa. 37; Same v. Same, 91 Pa. 71; and Sanger v. Goodman (not reported), substantially the same questions, that are now presented, were considered and disposed of. The last was a writ of error to the judgment for plaintiff below on the verdict directed by the learned trial
Judgment affirmed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- The City of Philadelphia, Trustee under the Will of Stephen Girard v. George Raup and Elias Steetzler
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- Syllabus
- Tax sale — Redemption—Payment of taxes. Where a county buys in lands at a tax sale and holds them for over five years, the title of the county becomes absolute, and it cannot be divested by the mere nonpayment of taxes on the lands by the county and the payment of the taxes by another.