D.R.G., Inc. v. Bauch

Petitioner, D.R.G., Inc., brings this appeal from a trial court order granting the motion of respondent property owners, Eva and Ferd Bauch, to strike and dismiss petitioner’s application for a tax deed. A detailed statement of facts and the history of this litigation is set out below in order to present the issues raised by this appeal.

In 1953, Eva Bauch acquired title to certain property which she subdivided as Bauch’s Second Addition to the city of Freeport; the instant proceeding concerns Lots 7 and 8 in Block 2 of that subdivision.

On july 1, 1957, the city of Freeport passed an ordinance…