Hogaboom v. Jenkins v. Town of Milton

¶ 1. The question in this case is whether a town violated a taxpayer’s due process rights by conducting a tax sale of the delinquent taxpayer’s real property after registered mail notifying the taxpayer of the impending tax sale was returned undelivered. The Chittenden Superior Court, Civil Division held that it did. We affirm.

¶ 2. We assume the following facts, which are undisputed unless otherwise noted. Appellee taxpayer, Trevor Jenkins, has at all times relevant to these proceedings owned and lived on property at 480 East Road in the Town of Milton. Taxpayer failed to pay property taxes…