M. E. Stein & Co. v. Jones

This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of Cook County denying the petition of tax purchaser-appellant, M. E. Stein & Company for the issuance of a tax deed pursuant to Sections 253(a) and 266 of the Revenue Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 120, pars. 716 (a) and 747) commonly known as the Scavenger Act and permitting the tax payer-appellee, Eloise Jones Williams to redeem the premises.

Appellant purchased the subject property located at 3149 Prairie Avenue, Chicago, Illinois at a public auction on June 3, 1966, pursuant to the County Collectors application for judgment and the…