People Ex Rel. Lunn v. Chicago Title & Trust Co.

The treasurer and ex officio collector of Lake County applied to the county court of that county for judgment against, and an order of sale of, all real property returned delinquent for the nonpayment of taxes for the year 1947. The Chicago Title and -Trust Company, as trustee of certain real estate in Cuba township, and Fred W. Worth and 266 other owners of property in Warren township, having previously paid seventy-five per cent of their taxes under protest, filed objections to the application. Although substantially the same, the two sets of objections were, heard separately. Thereafter,…