Eppinger v. Kirby
Illinois Supreme Court
This was a suit in ejectment to recover possession of lot twenty-six in McLaughlin’s addition to the town of Winchester, Scott county, Illinois, and by consent of parties, tried by the court, Woodson, Judge, presiding, with judgment for the plaintiffs.
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This was a suit in ejectment to recover possession of lot twenty-six in McLaughlin’s addition to the town of Winchester, Scott county, Illinois, and by consent of parties, tried by the court, Woodson, Judge, presiding, with judgment for the plaintiffs. And the following agreed case is certified to the Supreme Court for its adjudication: The defendant bases his defense upon a tax title, and introduced in evidence the records and proceedings of the county. court of said county, wherein a judgment was rendered against said lot twenty-six, and also the records of a sale made in pursuance of said…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
The collector’s return shows the amount of valuation of the State, county and special taxes in appropriate columns, for which this land was reported delinquent. These amounts were indicated in dollars and cents, by numerals, with the character representing dollars and a contraction for the word cents. But the judgment which was rendered by the County Court on that report, against this lot, only indicates the . State revenue, the special State tax, and the county tax, in that manner. The special county tax, the costs, and aggregate tax, are only indicated by numerals, without words or…
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