Gage v. Bailey
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. William H. Éarnum, Judge, presiding. This was a bill filed in the circuit court of Cook county by William M. Bailey, George B. Buggies and Amasa M. Eaton, trustees under the will of Sarah B. Eaton, deceased, praying that a certain tax deed executed by the clerk of the county court of Cqok county to Portia Gage, dated February 14, 1877, be set aside and cancelled as a cloud on the title of defendants in error.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. William H. Éarnum, Judge, presiding. This was a bill filed in the circuit court of Cook county by William M. Bailey, George B. Buggies and Amasa M. Eaton, trustees under the will of Sarah B. Eaton, deceased, praying that a certain tax deed executed by the clerk of the county court of Cqok county to Portia Gage, dated February 14, 1877, be set aside and cancelled as a cloud on the title of defendants in error. The circuit court, on a hearing, granted the .relief prayed for, setting aside the. tax deed, to reverse which decree the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
This was a bill by defendants in error against plaintiff in error, to set aside a deed made under a certain sale for taxes as a cloud upon the title of defendants in error.
Section 5, of article 9, of the constitution of 1870, provides : “The right of redemption from all sales of real estate for the non-payment of taxes or special assessments, of any character whatever, shall exist in favor of owners and persons interested in such real estate for a period of not less than two years from such sales thereof. And the General Assembly shall provide by law for reasonable notice to be given to the…
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