D.S. Associates v. Associates Finance, Inc.

Petitioner, D.S. Associates, appeals from an order of the circuit court granting summary judgment to respondents, Associates Finance, Inc., and Legear and Sullivan, trustees, and denying its petition for tax deed for failure to strictly comply with the notice provisions of section 263 of the Revenue Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 120, par. 744). The precise issue on appeal is whether a tax deed purchaser must attempt to personally serve the property owner before notice by publication is authorized under the Revenue Act.

The facts in this case are not in dispute. On June 2, 1987, Dewey Suster,…