People Ex Rel. Wright v. Doe

This is an appeal from an order of the County Court of LaSalle County, Illinois, denying the request of petitioners to set aside a tax deed. A petition was filed under section 72 of the Civil Practice Act to set aside the tax deed. The cause was heard by the court following a remandment by the Illinois Supreme Court for a hearing on the merits (People ex rel. Wright v. Doe, 26 Ill2d 446, 187 NE2d 222). In the remanding order the Supreme Court pointed out that the petition alleged, among other things, that the affidavit filed in the tax deed proceeding to the effect that notice had been served…