Schaeffer v. People

This proceeding was commenced at the June term, 1870, of the county court of Tazewell county, by the treasurer of that county, on behalf of the people, to recover a judgment against delinquent lands and town lots on which taxes for the year 1869 remained due and unpaid; and among others, it was sought to obtain a judgment against certain lands then owned by the plaintiff in error, for the taxes assessed on the personal property of Henry Wilkey, for the year 1869, who was the former owner of the land, and who, at the date the taxes were so assessed on his personal property, resided in a…