Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Tax Deeds
Trial court abused its discretion when it dismissed petition to intervene, filed by 2 occupants of property subject to tax deed alleging that they received no notice of tax deed proceedings, without holding evidentiary hearing. Petition to intervene was timely filed and sufficiently alleged facts showing that they meet requirements of Section 2-408(a) for intervention as of right, and included allegations supporting inference that entity obtaining tax deed failed to comply with notice requirements of Section 22-10 of Property Tax and that entity presented arguably false testimony. (PIERCE and MASON, concurring.)