Supreme Court rules in favor of 94-year-old woman who got nothing when county took her condo

[flvegan]

7. Proper finding, however, here's some frightening stuff, if true:

"Minnesota is among roughly a dozen states and the District of Columbia that allow local jurisdictions to keep the excess money, according to the Pacific Legal Foundation, a not-for-profit public interest law firm focused on property rights that represented Tyler at the Supreme Court.

The other states are: Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Oregon and South Dakota, the group said."

Unjust enrichment, anyone?

My state, land of the stupid, at least gets this right (tax certificates and tax deeds sales). Do better.