COUNTY OF COOK v. PATKA

No. 79-1711.

85 Ill. App.3d 5 (1980)

405 N.E.2d 1376

THE COUNTY OF COOK, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOSEPH PATKA et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Opinion filed June 5, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard B. Kash and Denis P. Dwyer, both of Chicago, for appellants.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Paul B. Biebel, Jr., Morris Alexander, and Marta Forowycz, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE ROMITI delivered the opinion of the court:

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...

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