Very cool story
from
WorldNet Daily
bq. An 89-year-old woman who lost her home because of $572 in unpaid taxes will get it back from the man who bought the million-dollar property in a government auction for $15,000.
bq. Helene Shue, who has lived on her 41-acre farm near Hershey, Pa., for five decades, had paid her taxes in full every year – including this one – but was short in her 2001 payment, the Harrisburg Patriot-News reported.
bq. The buyer, Philip Dobson of Middle Paxton Township, Pa., informed Shue's nephew, John Arndt, he would give back the land after the story gained national attention.
bq. Dobson, a business owner who invests in real estate, said, according to the paper, he "had no idea when I bought it that there was an 89-year-old widow living there. I found that out when I was reading the newspaper."
bq. The decision to give it back, he said, "was a no-brainer, a moral issue, not a legal one. The property should be returned to her."
bq. "I got something better than a million-dollar property," he told the Harrisburg daily. "I got a hug from a little old lady. That was worth more than anyone could imagine."
Good people...
Posted by DaveH at November 16, 2003 8:11 PM