Hall v. Collins

This is a proceeding in chancery, in which complainants obtained a decree setting aside, upon the payment of the taxes due, a tax deed upon certain lands described in the bill of complaint. The defendants appeal from the decree. A good many reasons are alleged in the bill of complaint why the deed should be set aside. It will not be necessary to consider them all. The record shows that the sale was not conducted by the county treasurer or a deputy county treasurer, or that either of them was present, but it was conducted by the defendant Kiely, who was acting as the clerk of the county…