John Allen Co. v. Neuendorf

This is an action to recover *1250 which was alleged to be wrongfully disbursed from an escrow. Plaintiff, John Allen Co., obtained a tax deed to certain land in Sandwich, Illinois. Defendant, Louis Neuendorf, as attorney for Glenn McCarthy, the previous title holder, filed a petition under section 72 of the Civil Practice Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 110, par. 72) to vacate the order directing the issuance of the tax deed. On January 29, 1970, plaintiff offered to pay McCarthy *1250 in settlement of the section 72 petition, with the understanding that McCarthy should vacate the premises within 14…