Bride v. Watt
Illinois Supreme Court
This was an action of ejectment, brought by the appellees against the appellant, to recover the possession of the east half of south-east 20, 4 north, 8 west, in Hancock county. By agreement, a jury was dispensed with, and the case submitted to the court, Sibley, Judge, presiding, for trial.
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This was an action of ejectment, brought by the appellees against the appellant, to recover the possession of the east half of south-east 20, 4 north, 8 west, in Hancock county. By agreement, a jury was dispensed with, and the case submitted to the court, Sibley, Judge, presiding, for trial. On the trial, the plaintiff below gave in evidence, a patent from the United States to Solomon Madara, dated February 14, 1818, for the south half 20, 4 north, 8 west, in the Military Tract, Illinois, and a deed from Solomon Madara to Alexander Watt, for the same land, dated May 6, 1818. Plaintiffs then…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
We are asked to reverse the judgment in this case, because, as it is insisted, the appellant produced color of title, and proved payment of taxes thereunder, for seven successive years, in compliance with the ninth section of the conveyance act. On the other hand, it is urged that a certificate of purchase of land at a tax sale, is not color of title contemplated by that section. No question, of the sufficiency of the title adduced by appellee, to warrant a recovery, was made, if it was not barred by this section of the act. The certificate of purchase, relied upon as color of title, was…
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