People Ex Rel. Kucharski v. Loop Mortgage Co.

Appellant, Edmund J. Kucharski, county treasurer and ex-officio county collector of Cook County, appeals directly to this court (revenue being involved) from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook County granting appellee, Loop Mortgage Company, (hereinafter referred to as Loop) a refund of the purchase price of land acquired at a tax sale.

On October 29, 1965, the county collector made application for judgment and order of sale of the subject property under the Scavenger Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 120, par. 716a.) Taxes were delinquent on the property for the years 1931 through 1963. On…