In Re Application of Cook County Treasurer

Joyce Viso (petitioner) was evicted from her home after issuance of a tax deed. Petitioner filed an amended petition for indemnity from the County Treasurer of Cook County as Trustee of the Indemnity Fund (respondent), which the trial court allowed. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 120, par. 728a(4).) The respondent has appealed.

Petitioner failed to pay a special assessment for 1976. As a result, petitioner’s property was sold at a January 1978 tax sale. The period of redemption was extended to July 25,1980.

In July of 1979, the Madison Bank and Trust Company of Chicago, which held the mortgage on…