In Re Application of Cook County Collector

PRESIDING JUSTICE LINN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner Bernard Allen Fried, appeals from an award of attorney fees and expenses to the objector, Nahum Rosario, under section 2—611 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 110, par. 2—611). Petitioner contends that the award was inappropriate and excessive.

Background

On September 19, 1975, Dusan Stevanovich and his wife, Jovanka Stevanovich, acquired the property located at 3901 West North Avenue, Chicago. On October 23, 1978, Dusan Stevanovich, by a quitclaim deed, conveyed his interest in the property to Momir…