In Re: Sheriff's Excess Proceeds Lit. Appeal of: J. O'Hara and Finn Land Corp.

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• holding that “jurisdiction meets the importance prong of Pa.R.A.P. 313(b)”
• holding that although an issue may be “practically intertwined with the merits,” the issue is separable from the merits only if it “is conceptually distinct from the merits” and “raises a question that is significantly different from the questions (Footnote continued on next page…
• noting the five-year period for former property owners to claim excess proceeds after the sale of properties formerly theirs
• “without subject matter jurisdiction, a court is precluded from exercising its judicial power”

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