Landreth v. McCaffrey

Citations

• 17 Pa. Super. 276
• 1901 Pa. Super. LEXIS 301

Syllabus

<p>Taxation — Liability of owner to mortageefor taxes — Trustee.</p> <p>A registered owner of land who is in fact a trustee for the real owners, and has executed a declaration of trust from which it appears that it was the intention of the owners that he should take title to the land, advance his own money, complete the improvements, pay taxes, hold the land as security, and then sell it to reimburse himself, is liable to a mortgagee who has been compelled to pay the taxes.</p>