Davis v. Gossnell

Citations

• 113 Ill. 121
• 1885 Ill. LEXIS 673

Syllabus

<p>1. Tax title—notice to owner before taking deed. The law makes it a prerequisite to the validity of a tax deed, when sought to be relied on as evidence of title, that an affidavit shall be made of the service upon the occupant of the land, of notice of the sale, and when the time of redemption will expire.</p> <p>2. Same—sufficiency of affidavit to authorise a tax deed. The constitution requires the service of notice of a tax sale and when the time of redemption will expire, upon the occupant of the land, to be a personal service, and the statute requires the affidavit of service to state particularly the facts relied on as a compliance with the constitution. A failure to state the mode of service and the facts relied on as showing a service, is a fatal defect, and renders a tax deed made under it invalid.</p>