La Salle National Bank v. Cook County Treasurer

This case comes before the court on appeal from the Cook County circuit court’s default judgment of sale of certain properties held in trust by the La Salle National Bank for the benefit of Barry Dunne, the taxpayer. That judgment of sale was entered pursuant to section 235a of the Revenue Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 120, par. 716a), commonly known as the Scavenger Act. According to the taxpayer, the circuit court was not properly vested with jurisdiction to enter that judgment because of the county treasurer’s failure, acting ex officio as county collector, to mail notice of the Scavenger…