Village of Palatine v. Dahle

Appellant, Henry Dahle, Jr., son and only heir and devisee of Henry Dahle, deceased, on November 12, 1942, filed an amended petition in the circuit court of Cook county to vacate a judgment of condemnation entered in that court on January 5, 1920. The two grounds of attack were, first, that the petition was fatally defective so that the court had no jurisdiction; and second, that the judgment failed to fix any time within which the condemnation award should be paid, and that it never was paid, hence appellee, the village of Palatine, never acquired any title to the land sought to be condemned…