Hyde v. Heath

Citations

• 75 Ill. 381

Syllabus

<p>1. Burden op pboop — to show whether tax title is valid or not, on bill to set it aside as a cloud on title. Upon bill filed to impeach and set aside a tax deed as a cloud upon the complainant’s title, the burden of proof is upon the complainant, and he must prove the allegations of his bill, and show the of the deed.</p> <p>2. Evidence — when objection should be specific. Where a general objection was made to the introduction in evidence of a certified copy of a decree in oankruptey, to establish title to lands acquired thereunder, which the court overruled, and, on appeal, the party objecting urged that the copy should not nave been admitted, for the reason that it contained no placita : Held, that if this reason had been urged below, the record should have been excluded, but not being made there, the court did not err in admitting it, and . the objection in this court came too late.</p>