CITY OF PITTSBURGH v. PIVIROTTO

No. 445 C.D. 1984.

93 Pa.Commw. 563 (1985)

City of Pittsburgh, Appellant v. J. Pivirotto, Appellee.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

December 19, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John George Shorall, II, Assistant City Solicitor, with him, D. R. Pellegrini, City Solicitor, for appellant.

Stephen Israel, with him, Marianna E. Specter, for appellee.

Argued October 10, 1985, before Judges CRAIG and and PALLADINO, and Senior Judge KALISH, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE CRAIG, December 19, 1985:

The City of Pittsburgh appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County which held the city liable for demolishing a house without providing notice to the appellee, James Pivirotto, who had purchased the house fourteen months earlier, at a city treasurer's sale of the premises on account of real estate tax delinquency.

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