County of Cook v. Patka

After the defendant’s house was ordered demolished as a public nuisance, the court, on the county’s request, awarded the county a demolition lien. The defendant appeals contending that (1) the county waived its rights to a lien when the assistant state’s attorney announced at trial it would not seek a lien; (2) the county should be estopped by its failure to give notice of its intention to seek a lien until after the house was demolished and the defendant’s husband died; (3) no proper notice was given before the lien was awarded. We find no reversible error and affirm.

The original defendants,…