Legal Opinion
Ritter v. Ross
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided December 12, 1996No. 95-1941PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEich, C.J.
Elmer and Helen Ritter sued Rock County and its treasurer, Peggy Ross, 1 seeking to void a tax foreclosure and sale of a parcel of nonhomestead property they owned in the County and to recover monetary damages and attorney fees on several theories. The County began the foreclosure proceedings when a tax arrearage of $84.43 on the Ritters' property remained unpaid for several years. The Ritters did not defend the action and, after obtaining a foreclosure judgment, the County sold the property to a third party for $17,345, retaining the entire amount of the sale proceeds.
The Ritters' complaint…
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