Legal Opinion
Ritter v. Ross
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 7, 1993No. 92-2220PublishedCited by 137 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Senior Circuit Judge.
“For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost.” George Herbert, in Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations 270 (Emily M. Beck ed., 15th ed. 1980). And for want of $84, a homesite was lost. Specifically, for allegedly failing to pay $84.43 in back taxes, Elmer and Helen Ritter may have permanently lost thirty-eight acres in Rock County, Wisconsin.
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In 1982, the Ritters purchased an undeveloped tract of land for $30,000, intending it to serve as the site for their retirement home. In 1986 the…
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