A $620 property tax debt cost him his house. Ohio’s Supreme Court will decide if the county owes him

After Angelo Craig failed to pay his $620 property tax bill, Cuyahoga County officials began the legal process of seizing his house.

The same was true when Angela Taylor owed $4,655 against her house in Shaker Heights, and Abraham David’s $3,384 debt in Cleveland, court records show.

The county eventually won title to all three homes via legal actions in county court. The three homeowners are now leading a class action lawsuit against the county treasurer’s office, claiming the county unconstitutionally took their money.

They aren’t challenging the foreclosures themselves. Rather, they say the county won title to houses that are worth more than the tax debts, yet the ex-homeowners aren’t being compensated.

The Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to take up their challenge – meaning arguments about a hot-button political issue of property taxes could come before the court in an election year.