First National Bank v. Kusper

This appeal is from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook County holding unconstitutional Public Act 81— 1076 (1979 Ill. Laws 4091), an amendment to section 235a of the Revenue Act of 1939, the section commonly known as the Scavenger Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 120, par. 716a (eff. July 1, 1980)). The judgment was entered in a declaratory judgment action filed in the name of the plaintiff trustee in behalf of the beneficiary, who owned real property that was sold pursuant to the Scavenger Act, against Stanley T. Kusper, Jr., the clerk of Cook County. Because the circuit court held a…