Lafollette v. Croft

Maxwell, Judge:

This appeal presents for review a decree of the Circuit Court of Boone County reforming an agreement of compromise settling conflicting claims of title to a tract of 52.5 acres of land in that county, and granting relief incident to the reformation.

The land in question, formerly owned by Anthony Lawson, was returned delinquent in the name of Lawson’s heirs for non-payment of taxes for the years 1897 and 1898. Pursuant to this delinquency, the land was sold by the sheriff of Boone County in January, 1900, to S. E. Bradley who in due course obtained a deed pursuant to the…