Tabor v. Cook

Cooley J.

"We do not feel at liberty to consider the various questions which are discussed by the briefs in this cause, inasmuch as there is apparent- upon the face of the record a fatal objection to the jurisdiction.

The bill is filed to quiet the title of complainant to certain lands purchased by him at tax sales for the taxes of 1859, and which, he avers, are occupied by the defendant, Addison P. Cook, under an adverse claim. There is no law of the state which permits a bill to be filed for such a purpose against a claimant in possession, unless it be “An act to provide for the recovery of…