S.I. Securities v. Weatherly

This case comes to us on appeal from the circuit court of Saline County, which denied the petition of petitioner S.I. Securities for a tax deed to certain property which it had purchased at a tax sale for delinquent general taxes for the year 1991. The property was owned by respondent Tim Weatherly and was mortgaged to respondent the Harrisburg National Bank, now known as Citizens Bank of Illinois, N.A. (Citizens Bank).

The trial court ruled that petitioner had failed to serve Stephanie Weatherly, the wife of Tim Weatherly, with notice of the expiration of the period of redemption as required…