Oakley v. Hurlbut

Citations

• 100 Ill. 204
• 1881 Ill. LEXIS 77

Syllabus

<p>1. Cloud on title—jurisdiction of court of equity to remove. Under our law a court of chancery will not entertain a bill to remove a cloud upon the title of a complainant unless he is in the lawful possession of the land, or the land is unoccupied.</p> <p>2. Chancery-—laches—when a defence. After a delay of more than fourteen years from the sale of land for taxes, permitting the purchaser to pay taxes and make improvements on the land, the former owner will be precluded from having the salé set aside in equity for a fraudulent combination preventing competition at the sale, in the absence of any excuse being shown for the delay.</p>