Legal Opinion

Wells v. Glos

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 21, 1917No. 11188PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Frederick A. Smith, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright

The question to be determined in this case is whether a quit-claim deed executed during the period of redemption by the holder óf a certificate of purchase for lands sold for taxes conveys any existing legal or equitable right or title to the grantee. The appellee, John Wells, applied to the circuit court of Cook county to register title in him in fee simple to lots n and 12 of the subdivision of lots 9 to 13, inclusive, in block 4, in Andersonville, in Cook county. The petition alleged that the appellant Jacob Glos claimed title under invalid tax deeds and that August A. Timke was trustee in…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Lightcap v. BradleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
  2. Gage v. BusseIllinois Supreme Court · 1880
  3. Kronenberger v. HeinemannIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
  4. Huftalin v. MisnerIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
  5. Rockwell v. ServantIllinois Supreme Court · 1872

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