Neff v. Smyth
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Alexander county; the Hon. David J. Baker, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
This was an action of ejectment by Neff, against Smyth, for the recovery of lots 12 and 13, block 2, in Cairo, Illinois, where judgment was for the defendant, and the plaintiff appealed.
Plaintiff’s claim of title was under a tax deed for the lots, dated June 18, 1881, founded upon a tax sale of them, made June 17, 1879, by virtue of a precept issued June 16, 1879, upon a tax judgment against the lots, rendered May 28, 1879, for taxes for the year 1878, and forfeited taxes of the year 1877 and prior years.
It appears that the lots were delinquent for the taxes of 1873, and judgment was given…
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