Legal Opinion
Wittmann v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided February 3, 1997No. 96-5CPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANDEWELT, Judge.
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In this contract action, plaintiff, William G. Wittmann, seeks to recover damages relating to his purchase of real estate property from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) at a public tax auction. In 1993, the IRS seized the property in issue from taxpayers Mark W. and Cindy M. Mirth for their failure to pay properly assessed federal income taxes for tax years 1986, 1988, 1989, and 1990. After issuing a “Notice of Public Auction Sale” for the property in question, the IRS sold the property to plaintiff, the high bidder at the auction. The IRS informed the Mirths of…
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