Champion v. Spurck
Illinois Supreme Court
Appear from the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. John M. Niehaus, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Duncan
John A. Hoffman and George A. Spurck were on January 19, 1921, owners in fee, as tenants in common, of 36.75 acres of coal land in Peoria county, Illinois. Spurck claimed that he was entitled to an accounting from Hoffman for coal mined from the' premises and for taxes paid by Spurck on the same. George Grigsby obtained a tax deed to the land in 1902, which was a cloud on the title of both Hoffman and Spurck, and the bill in this case alleged the deed was voidable on several grounds. Hoffman filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the district court of the United States for the southern…
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