Lomax v. Gindele

On the 25th of April, 1870, John Atkinson, being the owner of the land involved in this litigation, conveyed, by quitclaim deed, an undivided half thereof, to Edwin Walker. On the 20th of June, 1881, Lewis Ellsworth, Jr., purchased the entire tract at a tax sale. On the 20th of October, 1882, John H. Lomax, at an execution sale by the United States marshal for the Northern District of Illinois, purchased Walker’s interest in the premises, for which he subsequently, on the 23d of January, 1884, received a marshal’s deed. On the 21st of June, 1883, the county clerk executed to Ellsworth, Jr., a…