Illinois Southern Railway Co. v. People ex rel. Ebers

This writ of error is prosecuted from a judgment for certain taxes rendered against plaintiff in error by the county court of Randolph county. The taxes objected to were the road taxes of districts No. I and No. io in said county, and the school taxes for district No. 77.

Randolph county is not under township organization, and by statute the county is divided into road districts composed of territory not less than a Congressional township, where practicable, and the districts are designated by number. Three commissioners of highways are elected for each district, and also a district clerk, who…