County of Piatt v. Goodell
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of Piatt county. Mr. S. E. Eeed, Mr. A. Emerson, and Mr. C. A. Tat-MAN, for the plaintiff in error: Section 8 of the Swamp Land act (1 Purple’s Stat. 700) provides that the Auditor shall make a list of the swamp lands of the county and forward the same to the county clerk of the proper county, which list shall have the force and effect of patents issued for school lands.
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Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of Piatt county. Mr. S. E. Eeed, Mr. A. Emerson, and Mr. C. A. Tat-MAN, for the plaintiff in error: Section 8 of the Swamp Land act (1 Purple’s Stat. 700) provides that the Auditor shall make a list of the swamp lands of the county and forward the same to the county clerk of the proper county, which list shall have the force and effect of patents issued for school lands. The land in controversy being swamp land and included in the Auditor’s list, was exempt from taxation so long as it remained unsold by the county. Sec. 3 of the Eevenue act of 1853; 2…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mulkey
This cause is brought here upon the following agreement:
It is agreed between the plaintiff and defendant in the above entitled cause, that on the trial of this cause in said court the plaintiff introduced in evidence the certified list of the Auditor of the State of the swamp lands of Piatt county, showing title in said county to the west half of the southeast quarter of the north-east quarter of section lío. eight (8,) township ISTo. twenty (20) north, range ISTo. six (6,) east third principal meridian, in said county of Piatt, and then rested its case.
That thereupon the defendant introduced…
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