Casto v. State Auditor's Office

RULEY, JUDGE:

The claimant seeks to recover damages allegedly caused by respondent’s negligence in certifying a certain parcel of real estate for sale to the Commissioner of Delinquent and Forfeited Lands.

The alleged negligent certification led to litigation between claimant and Marlea Corporation, the owner of the real property in question, which culminated in the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals in Marlea Corp. v. Casto,-W.Va.-, 242 S.E.2d 923 (1978). The facts of the case were set forth in the Supreme Court’s opinion, as follows:

“In 1951, W. D. Burrus and his wife bought 1.6 acres in…