Nash v. Park Castles Apartment Building Corp.

On July 23, 1933, Joseph B. McDonough, who was then county treasurer and ex officio county collector of Cook county, was appointed tax receiver of the property owned by Park Castles Apartment Building Corporation, by the county court. The appointment was made under the act of 1933, commonly known as “The Skarda Act.” (Laws of 1933, p. 873.) On June 20, 1934, this court held that the act did not confer jurisdiction on county courts to appoint such receivers. (McDonough v. Gage, 357 Ill. 466.) Thomas D. Nash, who had then succeeded McDonough as county treasurer and ex officio county collector,…