OK to sell widow’s home over $6 bill, judge rules

Associated Press ^ | Apr 28, 2014 5:51 PM EDT

[Olog-hai]

A widow was given ample notice before her $280,000 house was sold at a tax auction three years ago over $6.30 in unpaid interest, a Pennsylvania judge has ruled.

The decision last week turned down Eileen Battisti’s request to reverse the September 2011 sale of her home outside Aliquippa in western Pennsylvania.

“I paid everything, and didn’t know about the $6.30,” Battisti said. “For the house to be sold just because of $6.30 is crazy.” …

[Olog-hai]

Back to the days of devouring widows’ houses, I see.

[Blood of Tyrants]

There is hardly a government in the nation that wouldn’t do the same.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Sent letter first class, not returned, sufficient notice for something of this gravity.

Uh, huh.

[HiTech RedNeck]

I am curious, was this the same home in which she was LIVING?

If it was a second home, it might be easier to get things confused.

[Kickass Conservative]

Since Obama’s Auntie went to the big Hut in the sky, I guess they can give this poor woman her old Apartment.

[4rcane]

couldn’t they simply just take it out of her bank account, the $6 or some other asset. I just feel that someone in power want the land/asset she occupy for cheap and trying to force her out

[The_Republic_Of_Maine]

And they will continue as long as the men in the family simply do nothing.

[Jim Robinson]

How about a little commonsense, if not justice?

[Smokin' Joe]

So, which one of the Judge’s friends bought the house?

[lepton]

While the government office needs to be excoriated - at the least - over pushing the issue to seizure, does the judge in fact have room to rule otherwise without “making stuff up”?

[Hugin]

Sounds like they need to change the law to have a minimum amount, say $1,000 balance, that is owed for them to seize the property.

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[freedomfiter2]

May the judge and the plaintiff with the lawyer soon stand before the perfect judge to see how justice is really done.

[Gay State Conservative]

Rules are there for a reason...but six dollars? Sixty thousand...absolutely.Six thousand...yes.Six hundred...maybe.Six dollars....disgraceful.

[lepton]

Something along the lines.

...there were likely many steps where the local government made very bad decisions, any one of which could have stopped this travesty.

[Secret Agent Man]

this is why government should not be involved in healthcare, education, or charity. it’s inherently not designed to be. this exemplifies why. idiotic zero tolerance exemplifies why.

[Rodentking]

This is also an example of why government needs to be reduced to the size it was intended. And, why the judiciary needs renewal.

[Secret Agent Man]

renewal and always removal capability of one or more ways.

[sockmonkey]

If her home’s valuation for taxes was $280,000, but it sold for $116,000 she was obviously paying too much in taxes.

I think she’s 53. In Texas when you turn 65 they won’t boot you out of your home for failing to pay property taxes. They will wait until you die, then the lien agains your property is acted upon.

Does PA have a law for those over 65 like Texas does?

[MSF BU]

So somebody bought a $280K house for $116K from an old lady’s estate, basically cheating her. It says a lot that nobody in the building where this originated reached into their pocket and handed over seven bucks to clear the matter up.