Town of Edgewater v. Liebhardt

The defendant in error filed his petition in the county court of Jefferson county setting forth that he was then seized in fee of the north one-half of the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 36, township 3 south, of range 69 west; that the land was then within the corporate limits of the town of Edgewater and upon, contiguous and adjacent to the border of said town; that no part of said land had been platted into lots and blocks as a part or addition to said town; that all taxes and assessments lawfully due upon said land up to the time of the presentation of the petition…