CitiMortgage, Inc. v. Sass Muni v (In Re Will Cnty. Collector)

¶ 1 The circuit court entered an order directing that a tax deed be issued to the respondent, Sass Muni V (SASS), as to a parcel of real property. More than two years later, the petitioner, Citimortgage, Inc. (Citi), filed a petition seeking relief from the circuit court's order pursuant to section 2-1401 of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure ( 735 ILCS 5/2-1401 (West 2014) ). In its petition, Citi argued in the alternative that: (1) the tax deed was void with no right to reimbursement under section 22-85 of the Illinois Property Tax Code (Code) (35 ILCS 200/22-85 (West 2012) ) because SASS…