BD. OF COM'RS OF CTY. OF HANCOCK v. Forth

NEAL, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Defendant-appellants, Board of County Commissioners of Hancock County (the Commissioners) and Irene H. Kramer, Auditor of Hancock County (the Auditor), appeal from the Boone Circuit Court’s judgment in favor of the plaintiff-appellees, Harold Forth (Forth) and Shirley Forth.

We reverse.

STATEMENT OF THE FACTS

On August 11, 1982, Forth paid $749.90 to the Auditor for certain real property in Hancock County that was offered for sale for unpaid real property taxes. The record owners of the property were Jerry Deno (Deno) and Rita Deno. Forth received a tax sale…