Holbrook v. Dickenson

Citations

• 56 Ill. 497

Syllabus

<p>1. Limitation act of 1839—payment of taxes—what constitutes. A redemption from a tax sale is not a payment of taxes, within the meaning of the act of 1839.</p> <p>% Evidence as to payment of taxes. Where a defendant in ejectment relies upon the limitation act of 1839, the record of the county clerk’s office, showing a sale of the premises for taxes assessed for a certain year, and redemption therefrom, will be deemed decisive evidence of such sale and redemption against the testimony of one who states, merely from his recollection, that he paid the taxes regularly each year for a series of years, embracing that for which the tax sale is shown by the record to have been made.</p> <p>3. Bankrupt sale of land—prior unrecorded deed. The purchaser at a sale of real estate by the assignee of a bankrupt, will hold the title against a prior unrecorded deed of the bankrupt.</p>