The Supreme Court will hear a case Wednesday concerning a 94-year-old Minnesota woman whose home was seized by the state for unpaid taxes and never saw the excess proceeds from the home's eventual sale.
Tax lien forfeitures have unjustly taken from thousands of homeowners a combined $860 million in remaining proceeds from foreclosure sales, attorneys claim.
SCOTUS will hear arguments in a case that could put tens of thousands of dollars back in the pockets of Americans who lose their property in tax forfeitures.
SCOTUS is set to hear a 94-year-old Minnesota woman's lawsuit against Hennepin County, which sold her home to cover a tax debt and pocketed the change.
94-year-old Geraldine Tyler owned a condo in Minneapolis.Around 2010, she began falling short on property tax payments. Hennepin Country foreclosed and sold the unit with a profit of $25,000. She is asking the Supreme Court to return the profit to her.