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Due to a seperation with his wife, Gary Jones moved to an apartment while his wife continued to live at the house that he owned.
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Gary Jones finishes paying the mortgage for his house, and Simultaneously he forgets to pay his property taxes.
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After three years of delinquency The commissioner of State Lands, Mary Wilcox, sent a letter to Jones informing him that he had to pay his taxes back or else his property would be taken away.
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no one comes to claim the letter at The post office, so the post office returns it unopened to the Arkansas commisioner
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Gary Jones sued the state court, because he wasnt clearly notified that his house was being sold to linda flowers (Jones V).
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In 2006 John roberts, who is the chief justice, overruled the arkansas supreme court in a 5-3 decision favoring Gary Jones (John V).