Brookfield v. Rock Island Improvement Co.

The simple facts in this case are: Appellee acquired the laxxd ixxvolved by purchase ixx 1903, axxd each year thereafter, up to axxd ixxcludixxg 1939, lias paid the state axxd county taxes as they became due. Appellant, ixx 1926, at a previous foreclosure sale for improvement district taxes, acquired deed to the land, but has neither paid, xxor offered to pay, any taxes oxx the property.

It is coixceded by all that appellee, ixx the utmost good faith, without actual knowledge of axxjr claim of title by appellant, not-officiously axxd xxot voluntarily, has paid the taxes oxx this laxxcl for…