Knoll Development Co. v. John Allan Co.

Knoll Development Company petitioned for an order directing the issuance of a tax deed based upon the purchase of delinquent real estate taxes at a 1968 tax sale. Notice was served on the owner on July 26, 1971, and published beginning on July 23, 1971. The John Allan Company, in whose name the property was last assessed, filed a “redemption under protest” pursuant to section 253 of the Revenue Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 120, par. 734), stating as the reason for the protest that the petitioner failed to serve notice in the form prescribed by sections 263 and 266 of the Act. (Ill. Rev.…