Petty v. Beers

The question in this case is whether a tax deed purporting to convey the east one-vigintillionth part of a lot twenty-five feet wide, facing west on a street in the city of Chicago and extending east one hundred and twenty-five feet to an alley, is a cloud upon the title of appellee to said lot. The circuit court of Cook county was of the opinion that the deed did not constitute a cloud upon such title and decreed accordingly, and the Branch Appellate Court for the First District affirmed the decree.

The portion of the lot which the tax deed purports to convey is so infinitesimal that it can…