Brown v. Miner

This is a direct appeal from an order dated March 24, 1950, of the county court of Madison County, reforming a tax certificate of sale for certain lots in the city of Alton, and directing the county clerk of Madison County to issue a deed for the same to appellant, Miriam Brown. The freehold title to the property in question is involved.

The facts out of which this case arises are as follows: in February, 1945, appellant purchased certain property at a tax sale, conducted under section 235a of the Revenue Act, commonly known as the Scavenger Act. Subsequently she made an application to the…