Miller v. Boardman

This is an action to cancel and set aside a deed based upon the foreclosure of a tax lien and for permission to redeem. The petition is very lengthy and sets forth the facts with much detail. A demurrer was filed and overruled; and, the defendant refusing to plead further, a decree was rendered in plaintiff’s favor, from which defendant appeals.

The facts pleaded are substantially as follows: In 1894 the plaintiff, who was a resident of Peoria, Illinois, was the owner in fee of 160 acres of land in Perkins county, described as the northwest quarter of section 3, township *32211, range 40. In 1883…