Phelps v. Harding

Citations

• 87 Ill. 442

Syllabus

<p>Chancery—bill to set aside tax sale as a cloud on title. Where the owner of real estate seeks the aid of a court of equity to set aside tax sales of the premises, made before he acquired title, and the certificates of the purchase, as a cloud upon his title, he should do equity, and will be required to pay to the holder of the certificates the amounts expressed therein, and the taxes paid by him, as a condition to the relief sought.</p>