Marty v. Brown

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE EARNS

delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal is from the order of the Circuit Court of Fayette County overruling the objections of appellants to the application of the treasurer and ex officio county collector for judgment for taxes and sale of delinquent real estate for nonpayment of real estate taxes assessed against appellants’ leaseholds for the 1972 tax year, payable in 1973.

Appellants are four sublessees of lots on Lake Vandalia in Fayette County. The lake is owned by the city of Vandalia. It lies outside the corporate limits of the city and was developed as…