A Philadelphia woman’s property could not be sold at a sheriff’s sale because the city failed to notify all the property owners, including mortgagees, of the sewer and water liens against it, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.

In City of Philadelphia v. Manu, the Commonwealth Court ordered that the case be remanded, determining that the city failed to serve notice to all the parties holding stake in a rental property of the unpaid liens and additional tax claims against the property.