Gage v. Nichols

The decree complained of on this appeal was entered on a bill filed by appellee against appellant to enjoin the latter from obtaining a tax deed to certain lots in the town of West Chicago, upon a sale thereof for taxes of 1872. Against the validity of the sale appellee alleged and proved that the town taxes for that year were not certified to the county clerk, on or before the second Tuesday in August of that year, as required by the statute then in force.

In fact, the certificate required was not made for some days after the day specified in the statute. This is a fatal objection to the tax.…