Legal Opinion
Alvarez v. Pappas
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided April 17, 2008No. 104922PublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Garman
Chief Justice Thomas and Justices Freeman, Fitzgerald, Karmeier, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion.
Justice Kilbride dissented, with opinion.
OPINION
Plaintiffs are the owners of various parcels of real estate in Cook County. In 2005, they filed a class action complaint against defendant treasurer, alleging that they had made duplicate payments of their real estate taxes and seeking a return of their money. Most of the plaintiffs had paid taxes in escrow to their respective lenders. When plaintiffs received their tax bills, they paid them, apparently unaware that their lenders were…
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