Morrill v. Swartz
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Hancock county; the Hon.JosEPH Sibley, Judge, presiding. This was an action of ejectment, tried at the October Term of the Hancock Circuit Court, 1865, for the east half of lot four, block five, in Hibbard’s addition to the town of Mauvoo.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Hancock county; the Hon.JosEPH Sibley, Judge, presiding. This was an action of ejectment, tried at the October Term of the Hancock Circuit Court, 1865, for the east half of lot four, block five, in Hibbard’s addition to the town of Mauvoo. The declaration and plea were in the usual form; a jury was waived, and the case was tried by the court, who rendered judgment against the defendant (appellant), for the premises and costs of suit; to reverse which judgment the defendant appealed to this court. The question presented is in regard to the validity of a tax…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
This was an action of ejectment brought by the appellee against the appellant. The plaintiff relied for recovery upon a tax sale made in 1855, and a deed made to him in 1857, as the purchaser. The only question sought to be presented on the record is the validity of the tax title. .
The thirty-third section of the Revenue Law, Purple’s Statutes, page 965, requires the collector to file with the county clerk a list of the delinquent lands or town lots five days before the commencement of the term at which application for judgment is to be made. The law further provides that the clerk shall…
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