SAMMS v. CHICAGO TITLE & TRUST CO.

Gen. No. 45,902.

349 Ill. App. 413 (1953)

111 N.E.2d 172

Viola Samms, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Chicago Title and Trust Company, John Zapantis, Defendants-Appellees, People's National Bank of Chicago, Defendant-Cross-Complainant-Appellee, and United States of America, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois.

Released for publication March 24, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

OTTO KERNER, JR., United States Attorney, of Chicago, for appellant; JOHN PETER LULINSKI, and WALTER F.J. KRAWIEC, Assistant United States Attorneys, both of Chicago, of counsel.

SHAFFER, SEELIG, MANDEL & SHAPIRO, of Chicago, for appellee; GEORGE L. SHAPIRO, and DAVID E. MALFAR, both of Chicago, of counsel.


MR. JUSTICE SCHWARTZ delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit to foreclose a mortgage, in which a controversy arose between the United States of America, defendant claiming a lien for taxes, and the Peoples National Bank of Chicago, defendant-cross-complainant, assignee of a claim for mechanic's lien. The decree approves a master's report finding the respective positions of the parties as follows: first, the mechanic's lien holder to the extent of the enhancement...

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