People Ex Rel. Harding v. Hart

The county treasurer and ex-officio collector of Cook county made application to the county court of that county for judgment of sale for the delinquent taxes for the year 1926 against four lots of appellant, O. J. Hart. Appellant filed objections to the application, which were overruled and judgment of sale entered, from which judgment an appeal has been taken to this court.

In the year 1923 (the year in which the quadrennial assessment of real estate was made) the board of assessors of Cook county assessed each one of appellant’s four lots in question at the sum of $300, full value. Prior to…