Fryer v. Magill

Citations

• 163 Pa. 340
• 30 A. 191
• 1894 Pa. LEXIS 1188

Syllabus

<p>Tax sale—Registry .of deed—Several owners—Suit—Service—Acts of March 14, 1865, and March 29, 1867.</p> <p>A deed to three persons as tenants in common was registered in the registry bureau in Philadelphia in the name of one of the tenants in com-mon with the words “ et al.” following the name. A claim for taxes was filed against the property. When suit was brought upon the claim, the owners were suggested in the same way that they appeared in the registry bureau. No efforts were made to serve the two owners whose names were not registered, and the property was sold without notice to them. Held, that their interests were not divested by the sale.</p>