City of Philadelphia v. Watkins

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• assessing petition to redeem property sold at tax sale filed after sheriffs deed conveying property to purchaser was acknowledged
• if redeeming party benefits from necessary renovations made by tax-sale purchaser, he must reimburse the purchaser
• improvements made for the purpose of making property habitable were “necessary” expenses under Pennsylvania statute; statute entitled tax sale purchaser to compensation upon redemption by the owner for “necessary” as opposed to mere improvements on the property

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).