Delinquent Real Estate Taxes.

Byline: Derek Hawkins

WI Court of Appeals District I

Case Name: City of Milwaukee v. Mohammad A. Choudry, et al.

Case No.: 2018AP1693

Officials: Brash, P.J., Dugan and Donald, JJ.

Focus: Delinquent Real Estate Taxes

Mohammad A. Choudry, together with his companies PAK Rentals & Construction LLC; PAK Property 1 LLC; PAK Property 2 LLC; and PAK Property 3 LLC (collectively "Choudry"), appeal from an order of the trial court dismissing the action after real estate owned by Choudry was transferred into an irrevocable trust. The action was filed by the City of Milwaukee in October 2016 seeking to recover delinquent real estate taxes on numerous properties owned by Choudry. The City's complaint also alleged that there were thousands of code violations that had been assessed against the properties, constituting a public nuisance. The complaint listed several other causes of action as well.

The trial court granted a temporary restraining order in November 2016 to manage Choudry's properties and bar Choudry from acquiring more property. Also at that time, the court appointed a receiver to manage the properties, with whom Choudry cooperated in making repairs on the properties. However, after performing these duties for approximately one and one-half years, the receiver filed a motion to transfer the properties into a trust, with the receiver as the trustee, asserting that...