Gage v. Pumpelly
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. Appellees’ testator, plaintiff below, was in the possession, and claiming to be the owner, of a certain lot of ground in Chicago, for which the appellant, who was defendant below, held deeds executed by the county clerk of Cook County, Illinois, on the 6th of September, 1877, and 4th of February, 1880; which deeds were based on sales made October 27,1874, and- October 3, 1877, for the…
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. Appellees’ testator, plaintiff below, was in the possession, and claiming to be the owner, of a certain lot of ground in Chicago, for which the appellant, who was defendant below, held deeds executed by the county clerk of Cook County, Illinois, on the 6th of September, 1877, and 4th of February, 1880; which deeds were based on sales made October 27,1874, and- October 3, 1877, for the non-payment of taxes. These sales were in pursuance of judgments of the County Court, rendered at the instance of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
After stating the facts in the language reported above, he continued :
The Constitution of. Illinois declares that the right of redemption.from 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 for a period of not less than two years from such sales. And it imposes upon the general assembly the duty of providing by law “ fony reasonable notice to be given to the owners or parties interested, by publication or otherwise, of the fact of the sale of .the property for such taxes or assessments,…
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