Ruppe v. Glos

Appellee, Peter Ruppe, Jr., filed his bill in the superior court of Cook county against appellants and others to set aside a tax deed on five lots in the subdivision of block 28 in Dunlop’s addition to Oak Park, in Cook county, Illinois. The bill alleged that the complainant was the owner in fee simple of said lots; that he acquired title thereto by deed from Annie Lehmann and others, dated May 6, 1892; that the premises were vacant at the time the deed was made and have ever since then remained vacant, unimproved and unoccupied; that for more than nine successive years following the…