Thornton, Ltd. v. Rosewell

Plaintiff, Thornton, Ltd., brought an action in mandamus in the circuit court of Cook County seeking a writ compelling defendants, Cook County treasurer and ex-officio collector Edward J. Rosewell and Cook County clerk Stanley T. Kusper, to issue to plaintiff a certificate of purchase to a parcel of real property. Both plaintiff and defendants moved for summary judgment and the court entered judgment in favor of defendants. Plaintiff appeals.

Plaintiff argues that it was entitled to summary judgment as a matter of law upon the stipulated facts, where (1) defendants’ answer pleaded only those…