Sergeant v. Fleckenstein

Citations

• 9 Pa. Super. 557
• 1899 Pa. Super. LEXIS 73

Syllabus

<p>Ground rent — Discharge of arrearages by sheriff's sale — Tender of principal.</p> <p>A purchaser at sheriff’s sale takes land free from a lien for arrears of ground rent and a subsequent judgment for the same against the covenantor acquires no lieu on the property which will support a sheriff’s sale and cany the title.</p> <p>Where, therefore, a purchaser at sheriff’s sale pays or tenders payment of the principal and all arrearages that have accrued since his purchase, all liability so far as he or the land is concerned is extinguished.</p>