Keilty v. Chicago Real Estate Co.

Frank Keilty filed a petition in the county court of Cook County for an order directing the issuance of a tax deed under section 266 of the Revenue Act of 1939 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1959, chap. 120, par. 747). The Chicago Real Estate Company, an interested party, objected on the ground that petitioner did not buy at an annual tax sale but had purchased under the provisions of section 272 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1959, chap. 120, par. 753), the property having been forfeited to the State, and that such purchasers are not within the coverage of section 266. The court overruled the objections and ordered a…