RITTER v. ROSS

No. 95-1941.

207 Wis.2d 476 (1996)

558 N.W.2d 909

Elmer RITTER, and Helen Ritter, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross Respondents, v. Peggy S. ROSS, County Treasurer for Rock County, Wisconsin, and Rock County, a Body Politic in the State of Wisconsin, Defendants-Respondents-Cross Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided December 12, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiffs-appellants-cross respondents the cause was submitted on the briefs of Joanne M. Mc Cormack of Oliver, Close, Worden, Winkler, Greenwald & Maier of Lake Geneva. There was oral argument by Thomas E. Greenwald and Ann T. Dempsey.

For the defendants-respondents-cross appellants there were briefs and oral argument by Eugene R. Dumas, deputy corporation counsel for Rock County, of Janesville.

Before Eich, C.J., Dykman, P.J., and Vergeront, J.


EICH, C.J.

Elmer and Helen Ritter sued Rock County and its treasurer, Peggy Ross,1 seeking to void a tax foreclosure and sale of a parcel of nonhomestead property they owned in the County and to recover monetary damages and attorney fees on several theories. The County began the foreclosure proceedings when a tax arrearage of $84.43 on the Ritters' property remained unpaid for several years. The Ritters did not defend the action and, after...

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