Biggins v. Dufficy

The appellant, James Edward Biggins, Jr., filed in the circuit court of Cook county his application to register title in him in fee simple to real estate in Chicago, basing his title on a tax deed as color of title with possession and payment of taxes, and also on adverse possession for more than twenty years. The appellee, Estella Dufficy, a minor, by her guardian ad litem, answered denying that appellant was the owner of the whole title and filed a cross-application to register her title to an undivided one-third. An examiner of titles took the evidence and reported that the appellant was…