Gage v. Starkweather

Citations

• 103 Ill. 559
• 1882 Ill. LEXIS 213

Syllabus

<p>Appeals and writs op error—whether a freehold involved—on bill to redeem land from tax sale. A bill in chancery to set aside a tax deed upon the ground it is without a seal, and so inoperative as an instrument of conveyance, is, in effect, simply a bill to redeem. A title invalid upon its face does not amount to a cloud. And while a redemption in such case may ultimately affect a freehold, the question of the right to redeem does not involve a freehold. So the case can not be brought from the trial court directly to this court for review, there existing none of the other conditions to give jurisdiction.</p>