Young v. Thompson
Illinois Supreme Court
This was an action of trespass quare clausum fregit, brought by the appellee against the appellant, and tried at the March term, 1853, of the Bureau Circuit Court, Lbland, Judge. The cause was submitted to the court for trial by the consent of parties, and judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff below. The defendant below appealed. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtTreat, C. J.
The plaintiff claimed title to the locus in quo by virtue of a sale for taxes. The sheriff’s deed recited a judgment against the premises, rendered at the May term, 1848, for the taxes due thereon for the year 1847. The book in which the judgments against delinquent lands were recorded, showed a judgment against the premises in question and other real estate, for the taxes of 1847; but it' did not appear therefrom, at what term, or in what year, the judgment was rendered. The preceding entry in the book was a judgment against delinquent lands, for the taxes of the years 1845 and 1846 ;■ but…
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