CHICAGO GRAVEL CO. v. ROSEWELL

No. 59414.

103 Ill.2d 433 (1984)

469 N.E.2d 1098

CHICAGO GRAVEL COMPANY, Appellee, v. EDWARD J. ROSEWELL, County Treasurer, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 3, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Jane Clark Casey, Deputy State's Attorney, and James McVane, Jr., Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for appellant.

Terence E. Flynn and Geoffrey A. Bryce, of Rooks, Pitts, Fullagar and Poust, of Chicago, for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal requires us to determine whether a taxpayer who pays all real property tax bills sent to it, with no actual knowledge of any error in those tax bills, can be subjected to back taxes claimed as a result of the taxing authorities' error. Plaintiff, Chicago Gravel Company (Chicago Gravel), owns certain real estate in Cook County, comprised of a gravel pit and abutting property. The...

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