Wagenseller v. Prettyman

In 1871, and for some years prior thereto, one C. J. D. Rupert was the owner of a distillery in Pekin, and the-parties to, or represented in this suit, were his sureties to the Government of the United States on several distillery bonds executed by them, from time to time, under the revenue laws.

For non-payment of government taxes, the distillery was seized and sold to Gideon H. Rupert by the revenue officers, for the sum of twenty-two hundred dollars, subject to redemption, and a certificate of purchase executed and delivered to the purchaser therefor.

The property was thought to be worth…