McCraney v. Glos

Elmer McCraney filed a bill in the superior court of Cook county to cancel a tax deed as a cloud upon his title to lot 36 in block 16, in Taylor’s second addition to the town of South Chicago. The tax deed was issued to Jacob Glos under a sale for general taxes September 3, 1891. The court below dismissed the bill, and the complainant appeals to this court.

The tax deed involved is void, first, because the certificate of the clerk of the county court of Cook county was dated on the 16th day of July, 1891, when the sale was advertised to occur on the 10th day of August, 1891. Section 194 of…