Bailey v. Smith
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Adams county; the Hon. J. C. Broady, Judge, presiding. This is an action of ejectment brought by appellant, against appellee, in the circuit court of Adams county, to obtain possession of certain lands in that county and in the Indian Grave drainage district, to which lands appellant claims title under a tax deed issued in pursuance to a tax sale on June 2, 1894. A jury was waived by agreement and the case was tried by the court at the March…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Adams county; the Hon. J. C. Broady, Judge, presiding. This is an action of ejectment brought by appellant, against appellee, in the circuit court of Adams county, to obtain possession of certain lands in that county and in the Indian Grave drainage district, to which lands appellant claims title under a tax deed issued in pursuance to a tax sale on June 2, 1894. A jury was waived by agreement and the case was tried by the court at the March term, 1897, resulting in a judgment for appellee. Appellant paid the costs and took a new trial under the statute, and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
It appears from a stipulation on file that the tax deed offered in evidence by appellant in support of his claim to possession of the lands in question was given under a sale for delinquent special assessments in the Indian. Grave drainage district; that all State and county taxes had been paid in full, and that only the special assessments for the years 1892 and 1893, and the costs accrued thereon, were delinquent.
The chief defense interposed to appellant’s action is, that the notice given by him, in attempted compliance with section 216 of the Revenue act, is defective, in that it fails to…
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