The People v. Nat. Builder's Bank of Chicago

This is an appeal by Julia Adams Baird-Smith, formerly Julia A. Adams, from an order of the superior court of Cook County overruling her motion to vacate a prior decree of that court which directed the issuance of a tax foreclosure deed. A freehold being involved, this court has jurisdiction on a direct appeal.

The facts are not materially in dispute. The property in question consists of six lots, located in the village of Olympia Fields, which were acquired by Julia A. Adams and her first husband, Maurice W. Adams, as joint tenants, soon after they moved to the locality in 1924. The lots are…