People Ex Rel. Leaf v. Orvis

A default judgment was entered on October 2, 1939, in the county court of Lake county, against appellant F. R. Orvis, for delinquent taxes. On October 5, 1939, he filed a motion to vacate the judgment. This motion was denied on the ground of lack of meritorious defense shown, and the defendant appeals. The grounds set out in the motion are that the board of education of Grant Community High School District No. 124, Lake county, Illinois, had no right to levy a tax to pay principal and interest due on a $55,000-bond. issue, since this court had determined, in 1934, in a case in which appellant…