Sawicki v. Clemons

Appellant, Victor Sawicki, the holder of a tax certificate to certain premises in the city of West Frankfort, filed a petition in the county court of Franklin County, seeking to obtain a deed under the provisions of section 235a of the Revenue Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1949, chap. 120, par. 716a.) The court denied motions, made by the owner of record, to dismiss the petition and for a directed judgment, and at the conclusion of the evidence ordered the county clerk to execute a deed to petitioner after the expiration of sixty days, unless within that period the defendant owner paid a designated…