People v. Straus

Mr. Presiding Justice Gridley

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from an interlocutory order of the superior court of Cook county, entered October 24, 1931, appointing a receiver of certain improved premises in Chicago, in a tax foreclosure suit brought under section 253 of the Revenue Act, Cahill’s St. ch. 120, 11268.

The bill of complaint, filed September 17, 1931, is signed in the name of the People “by Henry M. Ash-ton, their attorney and solicitor,” and is sworn to by him. It prays for an accounting, a foreclosure and the appointment of a receiver pendente lite to collect…