Putnam v. Tyler

Citations

• 117 Pa. 570
• 12 A. 43

Syllabus

<p>1. Where in an assessment of unseated land for taxes, the tract is described by its proper number in the name of the original warrantee, and so designated as to lead the owner to a knowledge that it is his land which is assessed, a tax sale thereof is valid, notwithstanding a misstatement of the number of acres contained.</p> <p>2. An outstanding title acquired from a purchaser at a valid tax sale, of record, and unaffected by circumstances raising an estoppel or by the statute of limitations, is an available protection to a defendant's possession in an action of ejectment.</p> <p>3. When there is neither estoppel nor limitation, there can be no abandonment, no matter how formal the act, short of a conveyance, which can affect the holder of a perfect legal title.</p> <p>4. One who by positive acts has induced another to purchase land of which he is himself the true owner, is thereafter estopped from setting up his title against the purchaser, even though he acted in good faith and in ignorance of his own rights.</p> <p>5. In an action of ejectment, a defendant who was a bona fide occupant under claim of title, and, believing himself the true owner, had made valuable improvements in betterment of the estate, is not entitled to be secured the value thereof before being obliged to surrender.</p>